HMS Detroit
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HMS Detroit was a British Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the British squadron and was captured by the United States during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Detroit canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2327937 — 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 Detroit Context triple: [Battle of Lake Erie, shipInvolved, HMS Detroit]
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A.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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B.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
USS Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war notable for its service during the Mexican–American War and in the Pacific.
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D.
USS Niagara
USS Niagara was an American warship that served as Oliver Hazard Perry’s relief flagship and played a decisive role in securing U.S. victory at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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E.
USS Alfred
USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
- 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 Detroit Target entity description: HMS Detroit was a British Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the British squadron and was captured by the United States during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
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A.
USS Providence
USS Providence was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy that served during the American Revolutionary War, participating in several key naval operations against British forces.
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B.
USS Milwaukee
USS Milwaukee was a United States Navy warship whose deep-sea sounding work contributed to the discovery of the Milwaukee Deep, one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
USS Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war notable for its service during the Mexican–American War and in the Pacific.
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D.
USS Niagara
USS Niagara was an American warship that served as Oliver Hazard Perry’s relief flagship and played a decisive role in securing U.S. victory at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
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E.
USS Alfred
USS Alfred was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for serving as one of its earliest flagships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| belligerentSide | British Empire ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States Navy ⓘ |
| capturedDuring | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| capturedIn | Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| conflict | Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| fate |
captured by the United States
ⓘ
taken into American service ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| locationOfCapture | Lake Erie ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
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| nameOrigin |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Detroit
|
| navalCommand | British squadron on Lake Erie ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
capture contributed to U.S. control of Lake Erie
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served as British flagship at the Battle of Lake Erie ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
U.S. Lake Erie Squadron
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surface form:
United States Navy Lake Erie squadron
|
| role | flagship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| squadron | British Lake Erie squadron ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Lake Erie ⓘ |
| type | armed warship ⓘ |
| usedInWar | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| yearOfCapture | 1813 ⓘ |
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 Detroit Description of subject: HMS Detroit was a British Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the British squadron and was captured by the United States during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.