BB-39
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BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-39 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T48758 — 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: BB-39 Context triple: [USS Arizona (BB-39), hullNumber, BB-39]
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A.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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B.
BAA
BAA is the acronym for the Basketball Association of America, the professional basketball league that later merged to form today’s National Basketball Association (NBA).
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C.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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D.
Bronk
Bronk is a surname most notably associated with Detlev W. Bronk, an influential American scientist and educator who helped shape modern biophysics and higher education policy.
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E.
Boric
Boric is the surname of Gabriel Boric, the Chilean politician who became one of the world’s youngest heads of state when he was elected President of Chile.
- 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: BB-39 Target entity description: BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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A.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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B.
BAA
BAA is the acronym for the Basketball Association of America, the professional basketball league that later merged to form today’s National Basketball Association (NBA).
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C.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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D.
Bronk
Bronk is a surname most notably associated with Detlev W. Bronk, an influential American scientist and educator who helped shape modern biophysics and higher education policy.
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E.
Boric
Boric is the surname of Gabriel Boric, the Chilean politician who became one of the world’s youngest heads of state when he was elected President of Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy hull number
ⓘ
hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| appliesToShipClass | Pennsylvania-class battleship ⓘ |
| armourBelt | up to 13.5 inches ⓘ |
| armourDeck | up to 3 inches ⓘ |
| armourTurrets | up to 18 inches ⓘ |
| beam | 97 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
ⓘ
surface form:
New York Navy Yard
|
| causeOfSinking |
Japanese aerial attack
ⓘ
bomb detonation in forward magazines ⓘ |
| class |
Pennsylvania-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
Pennsylvania class
|
| commemoratedBy | USS Arizona Memorial ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1916-10-17 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | over 1400 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedReason | sunk in combat ⓘ |
| designates |
USS Arizona (BB-39)
ⓘ
surface form:
USS Arizona
|
| displacementStandard | approximately 31400 long tons ⓘ |
| era |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I era
World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment | U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| homeportBeforeSinking |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor
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| laidDownDate | 1914-03-16 ⓘ |
| laidDownPlace | Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ |
| launchedDate | 1915-06-19 ⓘ |
| length | 608 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
|
| mainBattery | 12 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | 4 triple turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| memorialStatus |
USS Arizona Memorial
ⓘ
surface form:
USS Arizona Memorial site
war grave ⓘ |
| navy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableEvent | explosion and catastrophic magazine detonation on 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| predecessorClass |
USS Nevada (BB-36)
ⓘ
surface form:
Nevada class
|
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| secondaryBattery | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | battleship ⓘ |
| sponsor | Esther Ross ⓘ |
| status |
museum ship memorial (submerged)
ⓘ
wreck ⓘ |
| successorClass | New Mexico class ⓘ |
| sunkCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| sunkDate | 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| sunkIn | attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| sunkPlace |
Hawaii
ⓘ
Oahu ⓘ Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: BB-39 Description of subject: BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.