USS Somers
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United States Navy brig
United States Navy officer
United States Secretary of War
midshipman
mutiny
naval incident
service academy
warship
USS Somers was a United States Navy brig most famous as the site of the 1842 "Somers Mutiny," a controversial incident that influenced the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Somers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5403949 — 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 Somers Context triple: [Raphael Semmes, commanded, USS Somers]
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A.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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B.
USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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C.
USS Lawrence
USS Lawrence was an American brig that served as Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the pivotal War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie.
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D.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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E.
USS Decatur
USS Decatur is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring early 19th-century naval hero Stephen Decatur.
- 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 Somers Target entity description: USS Somers was a United States Navy brig most famous as the site of the 1842 "Somers Mutiny," a controversial incident that influenced the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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A.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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B.
USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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C.
USS Lawrence
USS Lawrence was an American brig that served as Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the pivotal War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie.
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D.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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E.
USS Decatur
USS Decatur is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring early 19th-century naval hero Stephen Decatur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy brig
ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ United States Secretary of War ⓘ midshipman ⓘ mutiny ⓘ naval incident ⓘ service academy ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| allegedRingleader | Philip Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament | guns ⓘ |
| builtAt | New York Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | capsized in a squall ⓘ |
| commanded | USS Somers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandingOfficer | Alexander Slidell Mackenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1842 ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | approximately 120 ⓘ |
| date | 1842-11-26 ⓘ |
| executionMethod | hanging ⓘ |
| executionsConductedWithout | court-martial ⓘ |
| fate | sank ⓘ |
| father | John C. Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1845 ⓘ |
| foundingInfluence | Somers Mutiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homePort | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullClassification | brig ⓘ |
| influenced |
establishment of formal naval officer training
ⓘ
founding of the United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| launched | 1842 ⓘ |
| location |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
aboard USS Somers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Richard Somers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Somers Mutiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Somers Mutiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeld | United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participantExecuted |
Elisha Small
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankIn | Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankNear | Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankOn | 1846-12-08 ⓘ |
| serviceDuring | Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | brig ⓘ |
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 Somers Description of subject: USS Somers was a United States Navy brig most famous as the site of the 1842 "Somers Mutiny," a controversial incident that influenced the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.