Yamato
E16094
Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yamato canonical | 14 |
| Japanese battleship Yamato | 3 |
| Battleship Yamato | 1 |
| battleship Yamato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58589 — 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: Yamato Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, notableShip, Yamato]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Shokaku
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.
- 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: Yamato Target entity description: Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Shokaku
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship
ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armorBeltThickness | up to about 410 mm ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 38.9 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | air attack by U.S. carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1941 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 2,000 officers and men ⓘ |
| deckArmorThickness | up to about 200 mm ⓘ |
| displacement | about 72,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 11 meters ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| fate | sunk in combat ⓘ |
| finalMission | suicide surface attack on Allied forces at Okinawa ⓘ |
| flagshipPeriod | 1942–1943 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1937 ⓘ |
| launched | 1940 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 263 meters ⓘ |
| locationOfWreck | East China Sea ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 9 × 46 cm (18.1 in) guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | 3 triple turrets ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 27 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Yamato Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Nara Prefecture
|
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest battleships ever built
ⓘ
being one of the most heavily armed battleships ever constructed ⓘ |
| operation | Operation Ten-Go ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Yamato-class battleship ⓘ |
| placeBuilt |
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
|
| propulsion |
4 propeller shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | fleet flagship ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament |
127 mm dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
155 mm guns ⓘ |
| servedAsFlagshipOf | Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | battleship ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Musashi ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | about 65,000 tons ⓘ |
| sunkDuring | Operation Ten-Go ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 7 April 1945 ⓘ |
| yearOfConstruction | late 1930s ⓘ |
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: Yamato Description of subject: Yamato was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, famed as one of the largest and most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yamato
linked to: Yamato
linked to: Yamato
linked to: Yamato
linked to: Yamato
subject linked to:
Shikishima (poetic name for Japan)
subject linked to:
Shikishima (poetic name for Japan)