Destroyer Squadron 10
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Destroyer Squadron 10 was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer formation in World War II that operated in the Pacific, often under the command of the light cruiser Nagara as its flagship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 10th Destroyer Squadron | 1 |
| Destroyer Squadron 10 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6403229 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Destroyer Squadron 10 Context triple: [Japanese light cruiser Nagara, squadronFlagshipOf, Destroyer Squadron 10]
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A.
Destroyer Squadron 4
Destroyer Squadron 4 was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer formation in World War II that operated in the Pacific, often centered around the light cruiser Nagara as its flagship.
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B.
U.S. Navy Home Squadron
The U.S. Navy Home Squadron was a 19th-century naval formation responsible for defending American coastal waters and interests in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean.
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C.
2nd Carrier Division
The 2nd Carrier Division was a key Imperial Japanese Navy carrier formation in World War II, notably involved in major Pacific campaigns such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.
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D.
First Carrier Division
The First Carrier Division was a key Imperial Japanese Navy formation of aircraft carriers that played a central role in early Pacific War operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
U.S. Navy Task Force 58
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 was a major fast carrier task force of the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II, known for its pivotal role in large-scale naval and air operations against Japan.
- 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: Destroyer Squadron 10 Target entity description: Destroyer Squadron 10 was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer formation in World War II that operated in the Pacific, often under the command of the light cruiser Nagara as its flagship.
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A.
Destroyer Squadron 4
Destroyer Squadron 4 was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer formation in World War II that operated in the Pacific, often centered around the light cruiser Nagara as its flagship.
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B.
U.S. Navy Home Squadron
The U.S. Navy Home Squadron was a 19th-century naval formation responsible for defending American coastal waters and interests in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean.
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C.
2nd Carrier Division
The 2nd Carrier Division was a key Imperial Japanese Navy carrier formation in World War II, notably involved in major Pacific campaigns such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.
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D.
First Carrier Division
The First Carrier Division was a key Imperial Japanese Navy formation of aircraft carriers that played a central role in early Pacific War operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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E.
U.S. Navy Task Force 58
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 was a major fast carrier task force of the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II, known for its pivotal role in large-scale naval and air operations against Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer squadron
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World War II naval unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Imperial Japanese Navy surface fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition | destroyers ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| flagship |
Japanese light cruiser Nagara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagara-class light cruiser Nagara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II in the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalForceType | destroyer squadron ⓘ |
| oftenCommandedFrom | Japanese light cruiser Nagara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval operations in the Pacific ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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escort operations ⓘ screening capital ships ⓘ torpedo attack operations ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Japanese Combined Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ |
| unitType | destroyer formation ⓘ |
| usedFlagshipType | light cruiser ⓘ |
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: Destroyer Squadron 10 Description of subject: Destroyer Squadron 10 was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer formation in World War II that operated in the Pacific, often under the command of the light cruiser Nagara as its flagship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
10th Destroyer Squadron