HMS Java
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HMS Java was a British Royal Navy frigate of the early 19th century, best known for being defeated and captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Java canonical | 5 |
| HMS Java burned and sunk after battle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1881403 — 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 Java Context triple: [USS Constitution, victoryOver, HMS Java]
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A.
HMS Sikh
HMS Sikh was a British Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served prominently during the early years of World War II.
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B.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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D.
HMS Kimberley
HMS Kimberley was a British K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns.
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E.
HMS Repulse
HMS Repulse was a British Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy that served in both World Wars and was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Malaya in December 1941.
- 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 Java Target entity description: HMS Java was a British Royal Navy frigate of the early 19th century, best known for being defeated and captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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A.
HMS Sikh
HMS Sikh was a British Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served prominently during the early years of World War II.
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B.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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D.
HMS Kimberley
HMS Kimberley was a British K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns.
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E.
HMS Repulse
HMS Repulse was a British Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy that served in both World Wars and was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Malaya in December 1941.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy frigate
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fifth-rate frigate ⓘ sailing warship ⓘ |
| armament | approximately 38 guns ⓘ |
| belligerent |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| capturedBy | USS Constitution ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfCapture | 1812-12-29 ⓘ |
| fate |
burnt
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captured ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
defeat highlighted effectiveness of American heavy frigates
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part of series of single-ship actions in War of 1812 ⓘ |
| navalTheatre |
Atlantic Ocean
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waters off South America ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle with USS Constitution off Brazil
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captured by USS Constitution ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| opponent | USS Constitution ⓘ |
| opposingCommanderShip | USS Constitution ⓘ |
| opposingNation | United States Navy ⓘ |
| placeOfCapture | off the coast of Brazil ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | early 19th century ⓘ |
| type | frigate ⓘ |
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 Java Description of subject: HMS Java was a British Royal Navy frigate of the early 19th century, best known for being defeated and captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Battle between USS Constitution and HMS Java
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capturedShipFate
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HMS Java burned and sunk after battle
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linked to: HMS Java