SMS König
E236956
SMS König was a German Kaiser-class battleship that served as the lead ship of her class in the Imperial German Navy during World War I, notably participating in the Battle of Jutland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SMS König canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2144670 — 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: SMS König Context triple: [Imperial German Navy, notableShip, SMS König]
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SIM
SIM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, a major UK museum dedicated to the history and impact of science, technology, and industry.
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B.
SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) is a standardized text messaging service that allows mobile devices to exchange short alphanumeric messages over cellular networks.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the NATO International Military Staff, the body that provides strategic military advice and support to NATO’s decision-making structures.
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IMS
IMS is the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, a leading annual conference and exhibition focused on microwave theory, techniques, and technologies.
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E.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
- 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: SMS König Target entity description: SMS König was a German Kaiser-class battleship that served as the lead ship of her class in the Imperial German Navy during World War I, notably participating in the Battle of Jutland.
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A.
SIM
SIM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, a major UK museum dedicated to the history and impact of science, technology, and industry.
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B.
SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) is a standardized text messaging service that allows mobile devices to exchange short alphanumeric messages over cellular networks.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the NATO International Military Staff, the body that provides strategic military advice and support to NATO’s decision-making structures.
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D.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
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E.
IMS
IMS is a leading biomedical research institute focused on understanding metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship
ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns
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14 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns ⓘ 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ 6 × 8.8 cm guns ⓘ |
| armorBelt | up to 350 mm ⓘ |
| armorDeck | up to 100 mm ⓘ |
| battleLineRole | flagship of III Battle Squadron (at times) ⓘ |
| beam | 29.5 m ⓘ |
| class | König-class battleship ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1914-08-09 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| crewComplement | ~1,100 officers and men ⓘ |
| designEra | Dreadnought era ⓘ |
| displacement |
~25000 tonnes (standard)
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~28000 tonnes (full load) ⓘ |
| draft | 9.2 m ⓘ |
| fate | interned at Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| finalStatus | wreck on seabed of Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| JutlandDamage | sustained multiple heavy-caliber hits ⓘ |
| JutlandOutcome | returned to port despite damage ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1911-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1913-03-01 ⓘ |
| leadShipOfClass | König-class battleship ⓘ |
| length | 175.4 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 21 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | German word for "King" ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureFeature | centerline main battery arrangement ⓘ |
| navalFleet | High Seas Fleet ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | led König-class division at Battle of Jutland ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial German Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Jutland
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Battle of the Gulf of Riga ⓘ Operation Albion ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Kaiser-class battleship ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| salvageHistory | partially salvaged in 1960s–1970s ⓘ |
| scuttledOn | 1919-06-21 ⓘ |
| scuttlingLocation |
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
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linked to:
Scapa Flow
|
| shipyard | Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
SMS Grosser Kurfürst
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SMS Kronprinz ⓘ SMS Markgraf ⓘ |
| succeededByClass | Bayern-class battleship ⓘ |
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: SMS König Description of subject: SMS König was a German Kaiser-class battleship that served as the lead ship of her class in the Imperial German Navy during World War I, notably participating in the Battle of Jutland.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
subject linked to:
German battleship SMS Markgraf