USS Arkansas
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USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Arkansas canonical | 4 |
| USS Arkansas (BB-33) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397163 — 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: USS Arkansas Context triple: [Operation Crossroads, includedShip, USS Arkansas]
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A.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
- 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: USS Arkansas Target entity description: USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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A.
USS Hancock
USS Hancock was a prominent frigate of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against the British.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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E.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy battleship
ⓘ
Wyoming-class battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 12 × 12-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 feet ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1912-09-17 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,063 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-07-29 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | about 27,000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | about 26,000 long tons ⓘ |
| draft | 28 feet ⓘ |
| fate | sunk as nuclear test target ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-33 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1910-01-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1911-01-14 ⓘ |
| length | 562 feet ⓘ |
| locationOfFinalSinking |
Bikini Atoll
ⓘ
surface form:
lagoon of Bikini Atoll
|
| namedAfter |
Arkansas
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. state of Arkansas
|
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Iwo Jima
ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy landings
Operation Dragoon ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ invasion of Southern France ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
ⓘ
twelve coal-fired boilers (later oil-fired) ⓘ |
| roleAtIwoJima | shore bombardment ⓘ |
| roleAtNormandy | naval gunfire support ⓘ |
| roleAtOkinawa | shore bombardment ⓘ |
| servedInConflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | Wyoming class ⓘ |
| shipType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Camden
ⓘ
surface form:
Camden, New Jersey
|
| sponsoredBy | Nancy Louise Macon ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| sunkAt | Bikini Atoll ⓘ |
| sunkDuring | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| sunkDuringTest | Test Baker ⓘ |
| testProgram |
Operation Crossroads
ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests
|
| topSpeed | 20.5 knots ⓘ |
| WWIITheater |
Atlantic Theater
ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form:
European Theater
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater
|
| WWIServiceRole |
battleship squadron unit with British Grand Fleet
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ |
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: USS Arkansas Description of subject: USS Arkansas was a Wyoming-class battleship of the United States Navy that served in both World Wars before being used as a target and sunk during postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Arkansas (BB-33)
this entity surface form:
USS Arkansas (BB-33)