CA-38
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CA-38 is the hull classification symbol for USS San Francisco, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive service with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CA-38 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5989551 — 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: CA-38 Context triple: [USS San Francisco (CA-38), hullNumber, CA-38]
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A.
CA28
CA28 is a UK postcode district covering parts of the coastal town of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England.
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B.
CA-13
CA-13 is a United States congressional district in California represented in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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C.
CA 180
CA 180 is a major California state highway that runs from the Central Valley city of Fresno eastward into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
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D.
CA-34
CA-34 was the hull number of USS Astoria, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
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E.
CA-5
CA-5 is a major Honduran highway that connects the capital city Tegucigalpa with the industrial hub of San Pedro Sula and other key regions.
- 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: CA-38 Target entity description: CA-38 is the hull classification symbol for USS San Francisco, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive service with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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A.
CA28
CA28 is a UK postcode district covering parts of the coastal town of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England.
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B.
CA-13
CA-13 is a United States congressional district in California represented in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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C.
CA 180
CA 180 is a major California state highway that runs from the Central Valley city of Fresno eastward into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
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D.
CA-34
CA-34 was the hull number of USS Astoria, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
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E.
CA-5
CA-5 is a major Honduran highway that connects the capital city Tegucigalpa with the industrial hub of San Pedro Sula and other key regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy cruiser
ⓘ
hull classification symbol ⓘ warship class ⓘ |
| armamentType | naval artillery ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple battle stars ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Heavy cruisers of the United States Navy
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New Orleans-class cruisers NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II cruisers of the United States ⓘ |
| class |
New Orleans-class cruiser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| displacementClass | heavy cruiser tonnage ⓘ |
| engagedEnemyForces | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| hullClassification | CA-38 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-38 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identifies | USS San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedBy | parts preserved as memorials in San Francisco ⓘ |
| namedAfter | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalRegistryOf | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navy |
U.S. Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | extensive service during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Cape Esperance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | steam turbine ⓘ |
| role | surface combatant ⓘ |
| sawServiceIn | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| servicePeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType |
heavy cruiser
ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| statusAfterWar | decommissioned ⓘ |
| survivedConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Central Pacific campaign
NERFINISHED
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Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: CA-38 Description of subject: CA-38 is the hull classification symbol for USS San Francisco, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive service with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.