BB-31
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BB-31 was the original battleship designation for USS Utah, a Florida-class dreadnought that later served as a target and training ship for the U.S. Navy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-31 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T193772 — 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: BB-31 Context triple: [USS Utah (AG-16), previousHullNumber, BB-31]
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A.
BB-37
BB-37 is the hull number of USS Oklahoma, a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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C.
BOL
BOL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Bolivia.
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D.
BOA
BOA is the abbreviation commonly used for the British Olympic Association, the National Olympic Committee responsible for Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s participation in the Olympic Games.
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E.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
- 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: BB-31 Target entity description: BB-31 was the original battleship designation for USS Utah, a Florida-class dreadnought that later served as a target and training ship for the U.S. Navy.
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A.
BB-37
BB-37 is the hull number of USS Oklahoma, a Nevada-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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B.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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C.
BOL
BOL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Bolivia.
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D.
BOA
BOA is the abbreviation commonly used for the British Olympic Association, the National Olympic Committee responsible for Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s participation in the Olympic Games.
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E.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy battleship designation
ⓘ
hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| appliesToShipType |
battleship
ⓘ
target ship ⓘ training ship ⓘ |
| associatedConflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWithShipClass |
Florida class
ⓘ
linked to:
Florida-class battleship
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designates |
Florida-class battleship
ⓘ
USS Utah ⓘ dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| designationType |
BB (battleship) series
ⓘ
linked to:
New York-class battleship
|
| era | dreadnought era ⓘ |
| followsInSequence | BB-30 ⓘ |
| hasPennantNumber | BB-31 ⓘ |
| namedShip |
USS Utah (BB-31)
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Utah
|
| navalBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| NavyHullNumber | 31 ⓘ |
| originalDesignationOf | USS Utah ⓘ |
| precedesInSequence | BB-32 ⓘ |
| role |
combat ship designation
ⓘ
training and target ship designation ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| shipClass | Florida-class battleship ⓘ |
| usedAs |
battleship
ⓘ
target ship ⓘ training ship ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
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: BB-31 Description of subject: BB-31 was the original battleship designation for USS Utah, a Florida-class dreadnought that later served as a target and training ship for the U.S. Navy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.