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
HMS Glorious German battleship Scharnhorst
HMS Glorious German battleship Gneisenau
Fritz X guided bomb
surface form: Fritz X
Italian battleship Roma via predicate surface "notableSinking"
Akizuki United States Navy aircraft
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū United States Navy aircraft
surface form: U.S. Navy aircraft
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers via predicate surface "scuttledBy"
龍驤 United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy forces
HMS Afridi Luftwaffe bombers
surface form: Luftwaffe dive bombers
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian heavy cruiser Zara via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian cruiser Fiume via predicate surface "sunkShip"
surface form: Italian heavy cruiser Fiume
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian heavy cruiser Pola via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian destroyer Alfieri via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian destroyer Carducci via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian destroyer Gioberti via predicate surface "sunkShip"
Matapan 1941
surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan
Italian destroyer Oriani via predicate surface "sunkShip"
heavy cruiser Pola
surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
Royal Navy
heavy cruiser Pola
surface form: Italian cruiser Pola
Royal Navy battleships
surface form: British battleships
SMS Scharnhorst HMS Invincible
SMS Scharnhorst HMS Inflexible
USS Albacore naval mines
Japanese battleship Musashi U.S. Navy aircraft
Haruna U.S. carrier aircraft
HIJMS Nagato nuclear test-related damage and flooding after Operation Crossroads
HMS Matabele German submarine
HMS Matabele Kriegsmarine
Chitose United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy forces
Chitose carrier-based aircraft
HMS Bounty mutineers of the Bounty via predicate surface "scuttledBy"
Fusō United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy forces
Fusō torpedoes
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano USS Archerfish
Shigure United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy forces
USS Houston (CA-30) Imperial Japanese Navy
USS Houston (CA-30) Japanese cruisers
USS Houston (CA-30) Japanese destroyers
USS Houston (CA-30) Japanese torpedoes
USS Houston (CA-30) naval gunfire
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni Royal Navy
Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni Royal Australian Navy
Bartolomeo Colleoni
surface form: Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
Royal Navy
surface form: Royal Navy forces
Bartolomeo Colleoni
surface form: Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
HMAS Sydney
Bartolomeo Colleoni
surface form: Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
British destroyers
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Royal Navy
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere British submarine
High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy) Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter via predicate surface "scuttledBy"
Italian cruiser Fiume Royal Navy
Italian cruiser Fiume HMS Warspite via predicate surface "sunkByShip" NERFINISHED
Italian cruiser Fiume HMS Valiant via predicate surface "sunkByShip" NERFINISHED
Italian cruiser Fiume HMS Barham via predicate surface "sunkByShip" NERFINISHED
Japanese destroyer Fujinami U.S. carrier aircraft