HMS Hermes
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HMS Hermes was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, notable as one of the world’s first purpose-built carriers and for being sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Hermes canonical | 5 |
| HMS Hermes-class aircraft carrier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1360296 — 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: HMS Hermes Context triple: [Indian Ocean raid, involvedUnit, HMS Hermes]
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A.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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B.
HMS Intrepid
HMS Intrepid was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations against German naval forces.
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C.
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s lead Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and one of the largest and most advanced warships ever built for the United Kingdom.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
- 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: HMS Hermes Target entity description: HMS Hermes was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, notable as one of the world’s first purpose-built carriers and for being sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean during World War II.
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A.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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B.
HMS Intrepid
HMS Intrepid was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations against German naval forces.
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C.
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s lead Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and one of the largest and most advanced warships ever built for the United Kingdom.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried |
biplane fighters
ⓘ
torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| airGroupType | Fleet Air Arm ⓘ |
| armament |
6-inch guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Japanese carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| attacker | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| builder | Armstrong Whitworth ⓘ |
| commissioned | 18 February 1924 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Indian Ocean raid
ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewCasualties | significant loss of life in 1942 sinking ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 600–700 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 9 April 1942 ⓘ |
| deployedTo |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| designFeature |
full-length flight deck
ⓘ
starboard-side island ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 10,850 tons standard ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk by Japanese aircraft ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| homePort | various Royal Navy bases ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 95 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 15 January 1918 ⓘ |
| launched | 11 September 1919 ⓘ |
| length | about 600 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Greek god Hermes
ⓘ
linked to:
Hermes
Hermes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being among the first purpose-built aircraft carriers
ⓘ
having an island superstructure on the flight deck ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 95 ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
off Batticaloa, Ceylon ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| shipClass |
HMS Hermes-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
linked to:
HMS Hermes
|
| shipwreckLocation | off the east coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| status | shipwreck ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 25 knots ⓘ |
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: HMS Hermes Description of subject: HMS Hermes was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, notable as one of the world’s first purpose-built carriers and for being sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean during World War II.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HMS Hermes