USS Independence
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USS Independence was a 19th-century United States Navy ship of the line that served as a flagship in the Pacific and took part in key actions during the Mexican–American War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Independence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11640743 — 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: USS Independence Context triple: [Capture of Monterey (1846), shipInvolved, USS Independence]
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A.
USS Independence
USS Independence was a U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier of the Independence class that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Eagle
USS Eagle was an American warship that played a significant role in the U.S. naval victory over the British during the War of 1812’s Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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C.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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E.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
- 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: USS Independence Target entity description: USS Independence was a 19th-century United States Navy ship of the line that served as a flagship in the Pacific and took part in key actions during the Mexican–American War.
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A.
USS Independence
USS Independence was a U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier of the Independence class that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Eagle
USS Eagle was an American warship that played a significant role in the U.S. naval victory over the British during the War of 1812’s Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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C.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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E.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armedFor |
ship-to-ship combat
ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ |
| conflict | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasFlag | Flag of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfService | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTheater | Pacific Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participation in key actions during the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as a flagship in the Pacific
ⓘ
service in the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | U.S. naval operations against Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Pacific forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | flagship in the Pacific ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceDomain | maritime ⓘ |
| shipType | ship of the line ⓘ |
| usedFor |
flagship duties
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naval warfare ⓘ power projection ⓘ |
| vesselClass | ship of the line ⓘ |
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: USS Independence Description of subject: USS Independence was a 19th-century United States Navy ship of the line that served as a flagship in the Pacific and took part in key actions during the Mexican–American War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.