sunkBy

P4687
predicate

Indicates that one entity (typically a vessel or structure) was caused to sink or be destroyed in water by another entity.

All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
sunkBy canonical 215
scuttledBy 16
sunkShip 9

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: sunkBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity (typically a vessel or structure) was caused to sink or be destroyed in water by another entity.

Sample triples (275)

Subject Object
Bismarck British battlecruiser HMS Hood via predicate surface "sankShip"
surface form: HMS Hood
Bismarck Royal Navy warships
Shinano USS Archerfish
Shinano United States Navy submarine
Admiral Scheer Royal Air Force
HNLMS Java Japanese forces
Japanese destroyer Ayanami United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy forces
HNLMS Kortenaer Imperial Japanese Navy
HNLMS Kortenaer Japanese submarine I-58
HMS Dorsetshire Japanese carrier-based dive bombers
HMS Cornwall Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft
HMS Cornwall Japanese carrier-based bombers
HMS Electra Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force
surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers
HMAS Vampire Japanese carrier aircraft
Oscarsborg Fortress German heavy cruiser Blücher via predicate surface "sankShip"
German battleship Bismarck British battlecruiser HMS Hood via predicate surface "sankShip"
surface form: HMS Hood
HMS Repulse Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft
heavy cruiser Maya United States Navy submarine
surface form: U.S. Navy submarines
heavy cruiser Maya USS Dace
heavy cruiser Maya USS Darter
Chilean corvette Esmeralda Huáscar
surface form: Peruvian ironclad Huáscar
Corvette Esmeralda Peruvian ironclad Huáscar
heavy cruiser Chōkai Japanese destroyer Fujinami via predicate surface "scuttledBy"
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 USS Radford (DD-446)
ARA General Belgrano HMS Conqueror
ARA General Belgrano Trafalgar-class submarine
surface form: British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror
AM39
surface form: AM39 Exocet
HMS Sheffield (D80) via predicate surface "notableSinking"
surface form: HMS Sheffield
AM39
surface form: AM39 Exocet
MV Atlantic Conveyor via predicate surface "notableSinking"
German submarine U-616 Allied forces
Hatsuzuki naval gunfire via predicate surface "sunkAsResultOf"
Hatsuzuki surface action via predicate surface "sunkAsResultOf"
U-20 Imperial German Navy crew via predicate surface "scuttledBy"
British battlecruiser HMS Hood
surface form: HMS Hood
German battleship Bismarck
Zhiyuan Imperial Japanese Navy via predicate surface "sinkingOpponent"
Chinese transport Kowshing Imperial Japanese Navy
Chinese transport Kowshing Japanese cruiser Naniwa
surface form: Japanese protected cruiser Naniwa
IJN Jintsu United States Navy ships
surface form: United States Navy warships
IJN Jintsu gunfire and torpedoes
RMS Lusitania U-9
surface form: German U-boat U-20
Taiho USS Albacore via predicate surface "sinkingBy"
Taiho United States Navy submarine via predicate surface "sinkingBy"
German heavy cruiser Blücher Norwegian coastal artillery at Oscarsborg Fortress
German heavy cruiser Blücher Norwegian coastal artillery
surface form: Norwegian torpedo battery at Oscarsborg Fortress
HMS Penelope (97) German submarine U-410
HMS Galatea (sunk 1941) U-boats
surface form: German U-boats
HMS Galatea (sunk 1941) Kriegsmarine
HMS Penelope (sunk 1944) German U-boat
German cruiser Lützow Royal Air Force Bomber Command
surface form: Royal Air Force bombers
Japanese submarine I-58 USS Indianapolis (CA-35) via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Japanese submarine I-58 United States Navy