USS Plymouth
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USS Plymouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that served in various diplomatic and patrol missions, including early U.S. naval operations in Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Plymouth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6934627 — 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: USS Plymouth Context triple: [Matthew Calbraith Perry, shipCommanded, USS Plymouth]
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USS Hartford
USS Hartford was a prominent Union Navy screw sloop-of-war that served as Admiral David Farragut’s flagship in several major Civil War naval engagements, including the Battle of Mobile Bay.
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USS Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war notable for its service during the Mexican–American War and in the Pacific.
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USS Columbus
USS Columbus was a United States Navy warship that gained historical note for its role in early 19th-century naval operations, including participation in exploratory and diplomatic missions such as the Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas.
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USS Boston
USS Boston was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy that gained prominence for its service in the late 19th century, including participation in the Spanish–American War and operations in the Pacific.
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HMS Detroit
HMS Detroit was a British Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the British squadron and was captured by the United States during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USS Plymouth Target entity description: USS Plymouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that served in various diplomatic and patrol missions, including early U.S. naval operations in Asia.
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A.
USS Hartford
USS Hartford was a prominent Union Navy screw sloop-of-war that served as Admiral David Farragut’s flagship in several major Civil War naval engagements, including the Battle of Mobile Bay.
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B.
USS Portsmouth
USS Portsmouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war notable for its service during the Mexican–American War and in the Pacific.
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C.
USS Columbus
USS Columbus was a United States Navy warship that gained historical note for its role in early 19th-century naval operations, including participation in exploratory and diplomatic missions such as the Hopkins Expedition to the Bahamas.
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D.
USS Boston
USS Boston was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy that gained prominence for its service in the late 19th century, including participation in the Spanish–American War and operations in the Pacific.
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E.
HMS Detroit
HMS Detroit was a British Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the British squadron and was captured by the United States during the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| armament | broadside guns ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | wooden hull ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewType | sailors and Marines ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fate | broken up ⓘ |
| hasPennantNumber | sloop-of-war (no hull number system in use) ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1843 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Plymouth, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTechnology | pre–steam-powered warship ⓘ |
| notableFeature | carried broadside battery typical of mid-19th-century sloops-of-war ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
East India Squadron operations
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early U.S. naval operations in Asia ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Navy East India Squadron
NERFINISHED
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United States Navy Home Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| role |
escort vessel
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naval presence ship ⓘ training and cruising ship ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1844 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Plymouth-class sloop-of-war NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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East Asian waters ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diplomatic missions
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patrol missions ⓘ protection of American interests abroad ⓘ showing the flag ⓘ |
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 Plymouth Description of subject: USS Plymouth was a 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that served in various diplomatic and patrol missions, including early U.S. naval operations in Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.