The Big E
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The Big E is the famous World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), renowned for its pivotal role and distinguished combat record in the Pacific Theater.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T607877 — 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: The Big E Context triple: [USS Enterprise (CV-6), nickname, The Big E]
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A.
Big Al
Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot who represents the University of Alabama at athletic events and school functions.
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B.
The Big Bam
The Big Bam is a famous nickname for Babe Ruth, the legendary American baseball slugger who transformed the sport in the early 20th century.
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C.
Little Mac
Little Mac is the nickname of George B. McClellan, a prominent Union general and organizer of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
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D.
Mighty Mo
Mighty Mo is the famous nickname of the USS Missouri, a U.S. Navy battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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E.
Snitz Edwards
Snitz Edwards was a Hungarian-American character actor of the silent film era, known for his comic and supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
- 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: The Big E Target entity description: The Big E is the famous World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), renowned for its pivotal role and distinguished combat record in the Pacific Theater.
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A.
Big Al
Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot who represents the University of Alabama at athletic events and school functions.
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B.
The Big Bam
The Big Bam is a famous nickname for Babe Ruth, the legendary American baseball slugger who transformed the sport in the early 20th century.
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C.
Little Mac
Little Mac is the nickname of George B. McClellan, a prominent Union general and organizer of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
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D.
Mighty Mo
Mighty Mo is the famous nickname of the USS Missouri, a U.S. Navy battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II.
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E.
Snitz Edwards
Snitz Edwards was a Hungarian-American character actor of the silent film era, known for his comic and supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
World War II warship ⓘ Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupType | carrier air group ⓘ |
| awarded |
Navy Unit Commendation
ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
Presidential Unit Citation
|
| battleHonors | 20 battle stars ⓘ |
| beam | about 109 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| carriedAircraftType |
dive bombers
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fighters ⓘ torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1938-05-12 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,200 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1947-02-17 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 19,800 tons standard
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approximately 25,500 tons full load ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Big E ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1934-07-16 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1936-10-03 ⓘ |
| length | about 824 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| notableEvent | damaged multiple times by bombs and kamikaze attacks but repeatedly returned to service ⓘ |
| notableFor | most decorated U.S. Navy ship of World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| scrappingBeganOn | 1958-01-01 ⓘ |
| serviceEndEra | early Cold War ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipClass | Yorktown class ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific War
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
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| tookPartIn |
attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Pearl Harbor (aftermath operations)
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Doolittle Raid support operations ⓘ Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal Campaign
Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
surface form:
Iwo Jima campaign
Marianas campaign ⓘ Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa campaign
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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
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Input
Subject: The Big E Description of subject: The Big E is the famous World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), renowned for its pivotal role and distinguished combat record in the Pacific Theater.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
this entity surface form:
Big E