Shokaku
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Shokaku was a major World War II Japanese aircraft carrier that played a key role in early Pacific naval battles before being sunk in 1944.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōkaku | 9 |
| Shokaku canonical | 8 |
| Shokaku-class aircraft carrier | 1 |
| Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58587 — 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: Shokaku Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, notableShip, Shokaku]
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A.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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B.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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C.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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E.
heavy cruiser Mikuma
The heavy cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Mogami class that saw early World War II service before being sunk during the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
- 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: Shokaku Target entity description: Shokaku was a major World War II Japanese aircraft carrier that played a key role in early Pacific naval battles before being sunk in 1944.
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A.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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B.
Sōryū
Sōryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
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C.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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E.
heavy cruiser Mikuma
The heavy cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Mogami class that saw early World War II service before being sunk during the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 72 aircraft ⓘ |
| beam | 26 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | torpedoes from U.S. submarine USS Cavalla ⓘ |
| commissioned | 8 August 1941 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| damagedIn |
Battle of the Coral Sea
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 19 June 1944 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 32,105 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 25,675 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 9.32 meters ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-3 (IJN designation) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 12 December 1937 ⓘ |
| launched | 1 June 1939 ⓘ |
| length | 257.5 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 34 knots ⓘ |
| navalDoctrine | carrier-centric naval aviation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high speed and large air group
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key role in early Pacific War carrier battles ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleAtPearlHarbor | launched air strikes on U.S. bases in Hawaii ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1941 ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Shokaku-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
linked to:
Shokaku
|
| sisterShip | Zuikaku ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Attack on Pearl Harbor
ⓘ
linked to:
attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ Indian Ocean Raid ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Ocean raid
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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: Shokaku Description of subject: Shokaku was a major World War II Japanese aircraft carrier that played a key role in early Pacific naval battles before being sunk in 1944.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Battle of Coral Sea
linked to: Shokaku
subject linked to:
Battle of Coral Sea
linked to: Shokaku
linked to: Shokaku
subject linked to:
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers
linked to: Shokaku
linked to: Shokaku
linked to: Shokaku
linked to: Shokaku
linked to: Shokaku