Yorktown class
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The Yorktown class was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers built in the late 1930s that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific naval battles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yorktown class canonical | 9 |
| Enterprise (tradition of U.S. Navy ships named Enterprise) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T571247 — 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: Yorktown class Context triple: [USS Yorktown (CV-5), shipClass, Yorktown class]
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A.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
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B.
Sims-class destroyers
Sims-class destroyers were a group of U.S. Navy warships built just before World War II that featured improved machinery and armament over earlier destroyer classes and saw extensive wartime service.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
K-class destroyer
The K-class destroyer was a group of Royal Navy warships built in the late 1930s, designed for high-speed fleet escort and anti-submarine duties during World War II.
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E.
Pennsylvania-class battleship
The Pennsylvania-class battleship was a pair of powerful U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that later served prominently in World War II, including at Pearl Harbor and in major Pacific campaigns.
- 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: Yorktown class Target entity description: The Yorktown class was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers built in the late 1930s that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific naval battles.
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A.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
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B.
Sims-class destroyers
Sims-class destroyers were a group of U.S. Navy warships built just before World War II that featured improved machinery and armament over earlier destroyer classes and saw extensive wartime service.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
K-class destroyer
The K-class destroyer was a group of Royal Navy warships built in the late 1930s, designed for high-speed fleet escort and anti-submarine duties during World War II.
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E.
Pennsylvania-class battleship
The Pennsylvania-class battleship was a pair of powerful U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that later served prominently in World War II, including at Pearl Harbor and in major Pacific campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship class
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aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier class ⓘ warship class ⓘ |
| airGroupCapacity | approximately 80–90 aircraft ⓘ |
| builtInPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedFor |
fast carrier task force operations
ⓘ
long-range offensive air operations ⓘ |
| designedInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| designInfluence | influenced Essex-class carrier design ⓘ |
| followedBy | Essex class ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped establish carrier warfare dominance over battleships ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| namingConvention | named after historic American battles or locations ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureFeature |
full-length flight deck
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hangar deck below flight deck ⓘ island superstructure on starboard side ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
Doolittle Raid ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
|
| numberOfShips | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOfClass |
Yorktown class
self-linksurface differs
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Yorktown class self-linksurface differs ⓘ Yorktown class self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ranger class ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
air superiority at sea
ⓘ
power projection at sea ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| ship |
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| shipType | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| status | all original ships lost or decommissioned ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | pivotal in early Pacific War carrier battles ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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| usedIn | carrier task forces ⓘ |
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: Yorktown class Description of subject: The Yorktown class was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers built in the late 1930s that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific naval battles.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Enterprise (tradition of U.S. Navy ships named Enterprise)
subject surface form:
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
subject surface form:
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
subject surface form:
USS Hornet (CV-8)