SMS Baden
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SMS Baden was a German World War I-era battleship of the Bayern class that served as one of the most powerful capital ships of the Imperial German Navy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SMS Baden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8000786 — 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: SMS Baden Context triple: [High Seas Fleet, flagship, SMS Baden]
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A.
Baden railway station
Baden railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau, providing regional and long-distance train connections.
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B.
Baden
Baden is a historic spa town in present-day Switzerland known for hosting the 1714 Treaty of Baden that helped conclude the War of the Spanish Succession.
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C.
Baden
Baden was a historical state in southwestern Germany that existed as a grand duchy before being incorporated into the German Empire.
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D.
Barmer
Barmer is a prominent city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its desert landscape, handicrafts, and proximity to the Thar Desert.
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E.
Badenweiler
Badenweiler is a spa town in southwestern Germany’s Black Forest region, known for its thermal baths and as the place where Russian writer Anton Chekhov died.
- 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: SMS Baden Target entity description: SMS Baden was a German World War I-era battleship of the Bayern class that served as one of the most powerful capital ships of the Imperial German Navy.
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A.
Baden railway station
Baden railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau, providing regional and long-distance train connections.
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B.
Baden
Baden is a historic spa town in present-day Switzerland known for hosting the 1714 Treaty of Baden that helped conclude the War of the Spanish Succession.
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C.
Baden
Baden was a historical state in southwestern Germany that existed as a grand duchy before being incorporated into the German Empire.
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D.
Barmer
Barmer is a prominent city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, known for its desert landscape, handicrafts, and proximity to the Thar Desert.
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E.
Badenweiler
Badenweiler is a spa town in southwestern Germany’s Black Forest region, known for its thermal baths and as the place where Russian writer Anton Chekhov died.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bayern-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ capital ship ⓘ |
| armament |
16 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns
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8 × 38 cm (15 in) SK L/45 guns ⓘ smaller-calibre anti-torpedo boat guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armour |
armoured decks
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armoured turrets ⓘ belt armour up to about 350 mm thick ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 30 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Schichau-Werke, Danzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Bayern class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 1200 officers and men ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 28000 tonnes standard
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over 32000 tonnes full load ⓘ |
| era | World War I era ⓘ |
| fate |
interned by the Royal Navy after World War I
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scuttled after trials ⓘ used as a British gunnery and explosives test ship ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Admiral Reinhard Scheer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleetRole | flagship of the High Seas Fleet ⓘ |
| hullNumber | SMS Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1913 ⓘ |
| launched | 1915 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 179 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfScuttling | off the British coast ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 21 knots ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after the Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | dreadnought battleship design ⓘ |
| navalForce | High Seas Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first German battleship class armed with 38 cm main guns
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most powerful battleship completed for the Imperial German Navy ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial German Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
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oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Kaiserliche Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1917 ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
SMS Bayern
NERFINISHED
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SMS Sachsen NERFINISHED ⓘ SMS Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | scrapped after test use ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SMS Baden Description of subject: SMS Baden was a German World War I-era battleship of the Bayern class that served as one of the most powerful capital ships of the Imperial German Navy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.