Altmark
E148098
Altmark was a German naval auxiliary ship best known for its role in the early World War II "Altmark Incident," when British forces freed prisoners being held aboard it in Norwegian waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altmark canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1136449 — 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: Altmark Context triple: [Heinrich Dau, commanded, Altmark]
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A.
Mauregard
Mauregard is a small commune in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, situated near Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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B.
Palacefields
Palacefields is a residential suburb of the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
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C.
Balsthal
Balsthal is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Solothurn, known for its industrial history and location in the Jura Mountains.
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D.
Bladon
Bladon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill.
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E.
Hereweald
Hereweald is an Old English personal name meaning “army ruler,” from which the later given name Harold is derived.
- 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: Altmark Target entity description: Altmark was a German naval auxiliary ship best known for its role in the early World War II "Altmark Incident," when British forces freed prisoners being held aboard it in Norwegian waters.
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A.
Mauregard
Mauregard is a small commune in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, situated near Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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B.
Palacefields
Palacefields is a residential suburb of the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
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C.
Balsthal
Balsthal is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Solothurn, known for its industrial history and location in the Jura Mountains.
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D.
Bladon
Bladon is a village in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the burial place of Sir Winston Churchill.
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E.
Hereweald
Hereweald is an Old English personal name meaning “army ruler,” from which the later given name Harold is derived.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German naval auxiliary ship
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tanker ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Battle of the River Plate (indirectly via Admiral Graf Spee)
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the River Plate
|
| associatedWith | Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ |
| boardedBy |
British naval forces
ⓘ
HMS Cossack ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Royal Navy (temporarily during boarding)
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy
|
| carried | British prisoners of war ⓘ |
| carriedCargo |
fuel
ⓘ
prisoners captured by Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ supplies ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crewNationality | German ⓘ |
| detained | British merchant seamen ⓘ |
| encountered | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| era | early World War II ⓘ |
| eventDate | February 1940 ⓘ |
| flagDuringEvent | German flag ⓘ |
| function | supply ship to Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | prelude to German invasion of Norway ⓘ |
| involvedIn | diplomatic incident between United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway ⓘ |
| legalStatusDuringEvent | German auxiliary warship ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent |
Jøssingfjord
ⓘ
Norwegian waters ⓘ |
| notableFor | Altmark Incident ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
German Navy
ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| operationalRole | support vessel for surface raider operations ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
German government
ⓘ
linked to:
German federal administration
|
| partOf |
German naval operations in the North Atlantic
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Atlantic
|
| registration | German merchant register ⓘ |
| relatedTo | neutrality of Norway in World War II ⓘ |
| resultOfIncident |
increased tensions over Norwegian neutrality
ⓘ
release of British prisoners ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Altmark Incident ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | auxiliary fleet of the Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| statusDuringIncident | unarmed or lightly armed auxiliary ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical studies of naval warfare
ⓘ
international law discussions on neutrality at sea ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian coastal waters ⓘ |
| typeOfVessel | motor tanker ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fleet oiler duties
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supply ship duties ⓘ |
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: Altmark Description of subject: Altmark was a German naval auxiliary ship best known for its role in the early World War II "Altmark Incident," when British forces freed prisoners being held aboard it in Norwegian waters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.