Cannon class
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The Cannon class was a group of U.S. Navy destroyer escorts built during World War II, designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cannon class canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11388838 — 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: Cannon class Context triple: [USS Pillsbury, shipClass, Cannon class]
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A.
Cannon
Cannon is a historic American textile and home goods brand best known for its towels, bedding, and other household linens.
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B.
Cannon
Cannon is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across entertainment, sports, and public life.
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C.
Cannon
"Cannon" is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the cases of a tough, overweight private detective named Frank Cannon.
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D.
The Cannon
The Cannon is the ring nickname of Shannon Briggs, an American heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his punching power and outspoken personality.
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E.
Cannonier
Cannonier is a surname most notably associated with Bermudian politician Craig Cannonier, a former Premier of Bermuda.
- 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: Cannon class Target entity description: The Cannon class was a group of U.S. Navy destroyer escorts built during World War II, designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection.
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A.
Cannon
"Cannon" is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the cases of a tough, overweight private detective named Frank Cannon.
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B.
Cannon
Cannon is a historic American textile and home goods brand best known for its towels, bedding, and other household linens.
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C.
Cannon
Cannon is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across entertainment, sports, and public life.
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D.
The Cannon
The Cannon is the ring nickname of Shannon Briggs, an American heavyweight boxer and former world champion known for his punching power and outspoken personality.
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E.
Cannonier
Cannonier is a surname most notably associated with Bermudian politician Craig Cannonier, a former Premier of Bermuda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II warship class
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destroyer escort class ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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3-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ 40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charge projectors ⓘ depth charge racks ⓘ hedgehog anti-submarine mortar ⓘ |
| builtDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Cannon-class destroyer escorts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedAsSuccessorTo | Evarts-class destroyer escort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ |
| designedMission |
Atlantic convoy escort
ⓘ
Pacific anti-submarine patrol ⓘ |
| designedToCounter |
German U-boats
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese submarines ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| followedBy | Edsall-class destroyer escort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameShip | USS Cannon (DE-99) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gunner's Mate Third Class George H. Cannon (for the lead ship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | escort vessel hull form ⓘ |
| navalCategory | escort ship ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
anti-submarine screening
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escorting convoys ⓘ protecting merchant shipping ⓘ |
| propulsionType | diesel-electric propulsion ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceRole |
convoy screen ship
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ocean escort ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer escort ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Brazilian Navy
NERFINISHED
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French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Netherlands Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ South Korean Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ Uruguayan Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuelan Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cannon class Description of subject: The Cannon class was a group of U.S. Navy destroyer escorts built during World War II, designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.