Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier
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The Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier was a pair of large, fast, and heavily armed Japanese fleet carriers of World War II that formed the core of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier striking force in several major Pacific battles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōkaku class | 1 |
| Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7718803 — 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: Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier Context triple: [Japanese carrier Shokaku, shipClass, Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier]
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A.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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B.
Hiyō-class aircraft carrier
The Hiyō-class aircraft carrier was a pair of Japanese World War II fleet carriers converted from passenger liners, known for their service in the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier operations in the Pacific.
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C.
Hōshō-class aircraft carrier
The Hōshō-class aircraft carrier was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship class that included Hōshō, one of the world’s earliest purpose-built aircraft carriers and a pioneer in naval aviation.
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D.
Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
The Sōryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of fast, medium-sized Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers built in the late 1930s and used extensively during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
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E.
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
The Zuihō-class aircraft carrier was a small, fast Japanese light carrier class of World War II, converted from submarine tenders to provide air support for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 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: Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier Target entity description: The Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier was a pair of large, fast, and heavily armed Japanese fleet carriers of World War II that formed the core of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier striking force in several major Pacific battles.
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A.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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B.
Hiyō-class aircraft carrier
The Hiyō-class aircraft carrier was a pair of Japanese World War II fleet carriers converted from passenger liners, known for their service in the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier operations in the Pacific.
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C.
Hōshō-class aircraft carrier
The Hōshō-class aircraft carrier was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship class that included Hōshō, one of the world’s earliest purpose-built aircraft carriers and a pioneer in naval aviation.
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D.
Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
The Sōryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of fast, medium-sized Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers built in the late 1930s and used extensively during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
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E.
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier
The Zuihō-class aircraft carrier was a small, fast Japanese light carrier class of World War II, converted from submarine tenders to provide air support for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship class
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aircraft carrier class ⓘ |
| aircraftTypesCarried |
Aichi D3A
NERFINISHED
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Mitsubishi A6M Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakajima B5N NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 70 to 80 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
16 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
36 × 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns at completion ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 215 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to 75 mm ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 26 metres ⓘ |
| builtFor | Imperial Japanese Navy carrier strike force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | World War II aircraft carrier classes ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| constructionProgram | Japanese Maru 3 Naval Expansion Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,660 officers and men ⓘ |
| designedAs | large fleet carrier ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedToCounter | United States Navy carrier forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 32,105 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 25,675 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.3 metres ⓘ |
| era | Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Taihō-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| installedPower | approximately 160,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 257.5 metres ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 34 knots ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineRole | core of Kido Butai (Japanese carrier strike force) ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
armored hangar sides
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long flush flight deck ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sōryū-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 9,700 nautical miles at 18 knots ⓘ |
| shipRole | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
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: Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier Description of subject: The Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier was a pair of large, fast, and heavily armed Japanese fleet carriers of World War II that formed the core of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier striking force in several major Pacific battles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zuikaku
this entity surface form:
Shōkaku class