HMS Glorious
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HMS Glorious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, originally built as a battlecruiser, that served during the interwar period and early World War II before being sunk in 1940.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Glorious canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2466221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Glorious Context triple: [German battleship Scharnhorst, engagedShip, HMS Glorious]
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A.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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B.
HMS Goliath
HMS Goliath was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that played a significant role in Admiral Nelson’s victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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C.
HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible was a pioneering British battlecruiser of the early 20th century, best known for her dramatic loss during World War I at the Battle of Jutland.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Glorious Target entity description: HMS Glorious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, originally built as a battlecruiser, that served during the interwar period and early World War II before being sunk in 1940.
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A.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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B.
HMS Goliath
HMS Goliath was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that played a significant role in Admiral Nelson’s victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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C.
HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible was a pioneering British battlecruiser of the early 20th century, best known for her dramatic loss during World War I at the Battle of Jutland.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy aircraft carrier
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capital ship ⓘ former battlecruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Empire ⓘ |
| armamentType |
carrier-based aircraft
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naval guns ⓘ |
| builder | Harland and Wolff ⓘ |
| category |
Courageous-class ships
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Ships sunk by German warships during World War II ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917 ⓘ |
| conflictOfLoss | World War II ⓘ |
| conversionReason | to comply with Washington Naval Treaty limitations ⓘ |
| conversionToCarrierCompleted | late 1920s ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 1,000 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 8 June 1940 ⓘ |
| designOrigin | large light cruiser / battlecruiser concept of Admiral Fisher ⓘ |
| era |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 77 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1915 ⓘ |
| laterShipType | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| launched | 1916 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | the concept of glory ⓘ |
| navalTheatre |
Atlantic Ocean
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Norwegian Sea ⓘ |
| notableEvent | lost with heavy loss of life in 1940 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first battlecruisers converted into an aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| originalShipType | battlecruiser ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Operation Weserübung
ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Belfast ⓘ |
| propulsionType | steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Courageous-class aircraft carrier
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Courageous-class battlecruiser ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
German battleship Gneisenau
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German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ |
| sunkDuring |
Operation Weserübung
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surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
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| sunkIn | North Sea ⓘ |
| yearOfSinking | 1940 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Glorious Description of subject: HMS Glorious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, originally built as a battlecruiser, that served during the interwar period and early World War II before being sunk in 1940.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.