USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Oklahoma (BB-37) canonical | 6 |
| USS Oklahoma | 5 |
| sinking of USS Oklahoma | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7006 — 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: USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Context triple: [attack on Pearl Harbor, shipsSunkOrTotalLoss, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)]
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A.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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B.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
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Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the maritime military force of the Empire of Japan, renowned for its powerful carrier fleet and major role in naval battles across the Pacific during World War II.
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D.
Nelson
Nelson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, entertainment, and academia.
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E.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point 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: USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Target entity description: USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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A.
USS Arizona (BB-39)
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class U.S. Navy battleship whose catastrophic destruction and loss of life during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor made it one of the most iconic symbols of the United States’ entry into World War II.
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B.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
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C.
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the maritime military force of the Empire of Japan, renowned for its powerful carrier fleet and major role in naval battles across the Pacific during World War II.
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D.
Nelson
Nelson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, entertainment, and academia.
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E.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nevada-class battleship
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United States Navy ship ⓘ battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns in twin turrets
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5-inch (127 mm) secondary guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| beam | 95 feet 2 inches (about 29 meters) ⓘ |
| builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ |
| casualties | over 400 officers and men killed ⓘ |
| category |
Ships built in Camden, New Jersey
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World War II shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | Japanese aerial torpedo attack ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2 May 1916 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
over 1,300 officers and enlisted men (peacetime)
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over 1,400 officers and enlisted men (wartime) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1 July 1944 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 27,500 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| event | capsized after multiple torpedo hits at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| fate | capsized and lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| finalDisposition | foundered and sank under tow in 1947 ⓘ |
| flag | Naval jack of the United States ⓘ |
| founderedLocation | Pacific Ocean en route to West Coast scrapyard ⓘ |
| homePortBeforeLoss |
Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
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linked to:
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
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| hullNumber | BB-37 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 26 October 1912 ⓘ |
| launched | 23 March 1914 ⓘ |
| length | 583 feet (about 178 meters) ⓘ |
| memorial | USS Oklahoma Memorial at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| modernization | underwent major modernization in the 1920s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | U.S. state of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the two U.S. battleships that capsized at Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| previousConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | capital ship ⓘ |
| scrapped | partially scrapped after salvage ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | pre–World War I era ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Nevada class
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linked to:
USS Nevada (BB-36)
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| shipyard |
New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
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linked to:
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
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| sisterShip | USS Nevada (BB-36) ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lorena J. Cruce ⓘ |
| sunkAt |
Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
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linked to:
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
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| sunkOn | 7 December 1941 ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 20.5 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: USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Description of subject: USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that capsized and was lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
subject linked to:
BB-37
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
subject linked to:
BB-37
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
subject linked to:
USS Oklahoma Memorial at Pearl Harbor
linked to: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)