aircraft carrier Foch
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Aircraft carrier Foch was a French Navy Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier that served as a principal platform for fixed-wing naval aviation during the late 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French aircraft carrier Foch (R99) | 1 |
| aircraft carrier Foch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2056728 — 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: aircraft carrier Foch Context triple: [Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, launchPlatform, aircraft carrier Foch]
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A.
aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is France’s nuclear-powered flagship and only CATOBAR-equipped carrier, serving as the core of the French Navy’s blue-water power projection.
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B.
Japanese carrier Shokaku
Japanese carrier Shokaku was a major Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, renowned for its role in early Pacific War battles before being sunk in 1944.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
- 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: aircraft carrier Foch Target entity description: Aircraft carrier Foch was a French Navy Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier that served as a principal platform for fixed-wing naval aviation during the late 20th century.
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A.
aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is France’s nuclear-powered flagship and only CATOBAR-equipped carrier, serving as the core of the French Navy’s blue-water power projection.
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B.
Japanese carrier Shokaku
Japanese carrier Shokaku was a major Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, renowned for its role in early Pacific War battles before being sunk in 1944.
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C.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier
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French naval ship ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| affiliation | NATO ⓘ |
| aircraftLaunchSystem | catapult-assisted take-off ⓘ |
| aircraftRecoverySystem | arresting gear ⓘ |
| armamentType |
close-in weapon systems
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naval guns ⓘ surface-to-air missiles ⓘ |
| category |
Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers
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linked to:
Clemenceau class
Cold War aircraft carriers ⓘ French aircraft carriers ⓘ conventional aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| class | Clemenceau class ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| designedBy | French naval architects ⓘ |
| designedFor |
carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft
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carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ carrier-based helicopters ⓘ carrier-based strike aircraft ⓘ |
| era |
Cold War
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| flightDeckType |
CATOBAR
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angled flight deck ⓘ |
| hasCommandFacilities | true ⓘ |
| hasElevators | true ⓘ |
| hasHangarDeck | true ⓘ |
| hasIslandSuperstructure | true ⓘ |
| hasRadar | true ⓘ |
| hasSonar | true ⓘ |
| hullType | aircraft carrier hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ferdinand Foch ⓘ |
| navalAviationType |
fixed-wing aircraft
ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ |
| navyRole |
capital ship
ⓘ
flagship-capable vessel ⓘ |
| operator | French Navy ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
anti-submarine warfare
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anti-surface warfare ⓘ carrier air operations ⓘ fleet air defense ⓘ power projection ⓘ |
| propulsionType | conventional-powered ⓘ |
| role | fixed-wing naval aviation platform ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | French Navy ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
Clemenceau
ⓘ
linked to:
Georges Clemenceau
|
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: aircraft carrier Foch Description of subject: Aircraft carrier Foch was a French Navy Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier that served as a principal platform for fixed-wing naval aviation during the late 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Super Étendard aircraft
linked to: aircraft carrier Foch