DD-418
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DD-418 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Roe, a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DD-418 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2037405 — 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-418 Context triple: [USS Roe (DD-418), pennantNumber, DD-418]
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A.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
DD-412
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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C.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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D.
DD-415
DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
DD-409
DD-409 is the hull number of USS Sims, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was the lead ship of the Sims-class destroyers.
- 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-418 Target entity description: DD-418 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Roe, a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
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A.
DD-411
DD-411 was the hull number of USS Anderson, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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B.
DD-412
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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C.
DD-413
DD-413 was the hull number of USS Mustin, a United States Navy Sims-class destroyer that served during World War II.
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D.
DD-415
DD-415 was the hull number of USS O’Brien, a Sims-class destroyer that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
DD-409
DD-409 is the hull number of USS Sims, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was the lead ship of the Sims-class destroyers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sims-class destroyer
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United States Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| classCharacteristic |
enhanced anti-aircraft capability
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fast destroyer ⓘ improved machinery layout ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-submarine operations
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ fleet screening ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasArmamentType |
anti-aircraft guns
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naval guns ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| hasNATOCategory | surface combatant ⓘ |
| hasPennantType | destroyer hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| hasPropulsionType | steam turbine ⓘ |
| hasRole |
anti-submarine warfare ship
ⓘ
escort ship ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ |
| hasShipCategory |
destroyer-class warship
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | served in World War II ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DD-418 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Francis Asbury Roe ⓘ |
| navalBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| navalFleetType | surface fleet ⓘ |
| navalWarfareDomain |
anti-aircraft warfare
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anti-submarine warfare ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Navy destroyer force ⓘ |
| partOfClass | Sims-class destroyers ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-418 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra |
World War II era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| shipClass | Sims class ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Atlantic Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Atlantic
Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
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-418 Description of subject: DD-418 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Roe, a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.