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 Courageous U-29 NERFINISHED
HMS Courageous German U-boat
DD-225
surface form: USS Pope
Imperial Japanese Navy forces NERFINISHED
Japanese carrier Shoho United States Navy aircraft NERFINISHED
Japanese carrier Shoho carrier-based aircraft from USS Lexington
Japanese carrier Shoho carrier-based aircraft from USS Yorktown
HMS Dunedin German submarine U-124 NERFINISHED
HMS Audacious sunk by mine in 1914
surface form: HMS Audacious
German naval mine
Jeannette Arctic expedition ice via predicate surface "shipCrushedBy"
HMS Prince of Wales (53) Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft NERFINISHED
heavy cruiser Kumano
surface form: Kumano
U.S. carrier-based aircraft
I-19 USS Radford (DD-446) NERFINISHED
HMS Good Hope German East Asia Squadron NERFINISHED
HMS Good Hope SMS Scharnhorst NERFINISHED
HMS Good Hope SMS Gneisenau NERFINISHED
SMS Szent István Italian torpedo boats
SMS Szent István MAS-15 NERFINISHED
SMS Szent István MAS-21 NERFINISHED
Hiyō United States Navy aircraft NERFINISHED
Walther Schwieger British naval mine via predicate surface "shipSunkBy"
Walther Schwieger RMS Lusitania via predicate surface "victimShip" NERFINISHED
Walther Schwieger multiple Allied merchant ships via predicate surface "victimShip"
SMS Nürnberg Royal Navy NERFINISHED
SMS Nürnberg HMS Kent NERFINISHED
SMS Leipzig sunk
surface form: SMS Leipzig
Royal Navy NERFINISHED
SMS Leipzig sunk
surface form: SMS Leipzig
HMS Glasgow NERFINISHED
SMS Leipzig sunk
surface form: SMS Leipzig
HMS Cornwall NERFINISHED
SMS Leipzig sunk
surface form: SMS Leipzig
HMS Kent NERFINISHED
SMS Mainz Royal Navy warships NERFINISHED
SMS Köln Royal Navy ships NERFINISHED
SMS Ariadne Royal Navy NERFINISHED
SMS Ariadne British forces
SMS Nürnberg sunk
surface form: SMS Nürnberg
HMS Kent NERFINISHED
SMS Nürnberg sunk
surface form: SMS Nürnberg
Royal Navy NERFINISHED
Atago USS Darter NERFINISHED
Boz-Kourt true via predicate surface "sankAsResultOfCollision"
Admiral class
surface form: HMS Hood
German battleship Bismarck NERFINISHED
HMS Aboukir German submarine U-9 NERFINISHED
HMS Aboukir Imperial German Navy NERFINISHED
Japanese cruiser Jintsu United States Navy warships NERFINISHED
Japanese cruiser Jintsu US Navy cruisers and destroyers at Kolombangara
Japanese cruiser Naka U.S. carrier aircraft
HMS Monmouth German armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst NERFINISHED
HMS Monmouth German armoured cruiser SMS Gneisenau NERFINISHED
Haguro Royal Navy destroyers NERFINISHED
Italian heavy cruiser Pola British Royal Navy NERFINISHED
Wicked Wench Cutler Beckett NERFINISHED
Wicked Wench East India Trading Company NERFINISHED
U-703 multiple Allied merchant vessels via predicate surface "sunkShips"
RMS Carpathia German submarine U-55 NERFINISHED