DD-412
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DD-412 was the hull number of USS Hammann, a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Midway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DD-412 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T75114 — 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: DD-412 Context triple: [USS Hammann (DD-412), hullNumber, DD-412]
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A.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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B.
USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine preserved as a museum ship and memorial in San Francisco.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- 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: DD-412 Target entity description: DD-412 was the hull number of USS Hammann, a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Midway.
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A.
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
SS Jeremiah O’Brien is a preserved World War II Liberty ship now serving as a museum vessel and historic attraction in San Francisco.
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B.
USS Pampanito
USS Pampanito is a World War II-era Balao-class submarine preserved as a museum ship and memorial in San Francisco.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sims-class destroyer
ⓘ
United States Navy destroyer hull number ⓘ destroyer ⓘ hull number ⓘ |
| assignedTo |
USS Hammann
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Hammann (DD-412)
|
| class |
Sims class
ⓘ
Sims class ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfService |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| fate |
sunk in action
ⓘ
sunk in action at Midway ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-412 ⓘ |
| identifies |
USS Hammann
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Hammann (DD-412)
|
| namedAfter | Charles Hammann ⓘ |
| namedShip | USS Hammann (DD-412) ⓘ |
| navy |
United States Navy
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| shipClass |
Sims-class destroyer
ⓘ
linked to:
Sims-class destroyers
|
| shipType |
destroyer
ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ |
| sunkIn |
Battle of Midway
ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific theater commands
Pacific Theater ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
|
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: DD-412 Description of subject: DD-412 was the hull number of USS Hammann, a Sims-class U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Midway.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412)