Wyoming class
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The Wyoming class was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that served through both World Wars before being retired mid-century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wyoming class canonical | 5 |
| Florida class | 2 |
| Wyoming-class battleships of the United States Navy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2300602 — 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: Wyoming class Context triple: [USS Arkansas, shipClass, Wyoming class]
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A.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
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B.
New Mexico class
The New Mexico class was a group of early 20th-century U.S. Navy battleships that introduced improved firepower and armor over preceding designs and served prominently through World War II.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
Tennessee-class battleship
The Tennessee-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts known for their heavy armor, improved underwater protection, and service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
Nevada-class battleship
The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
- 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: Wyoming class Target entity description: The Wyoming class was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that served through both World Wars before being retired mid-century.
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A.
New Mexico-class battleship
The New Mexico-class battleship was a group of U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that introduced improved firepower, armor, and propulsion over earlier classes and served through World War II.
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B.
New Mexico class
The New Mexico class was a group of early 20th-century U.S. Navy battleships that introduced improved firepower and armor over preceding designs and served prominently through World War II.
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C.
New York-class battleship
The New York-class battleship was a class of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced 14-inch guns and served prominently through both World Wars.
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D.
Tennessee-class battleship
The Tennessee-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts known for their heavy armor, improved underwater protection, and service in the Pacific during World War II.
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E.
Nevada-class battleship
The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| armamentClass | all-big-gun battleship ⓘ |
| armoredWith |
belt armor
ⓘ
deck armor ⓘ turret armor ⓘ |
| builtFor |
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Fleet
|
| category |
World War I battleships of the United States
ⓘ
World War II battleships of the United States ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedForRole | fleet battleship ⓘ |
| designInfluencedBy | HMS Dreadnought ⓘ |
| eraOfDesign | post-HMS Dreadnought generation ⓘ |
| followedBy | New York class ⓘ |
| fuelType |
coal
ⓘ
oil (later conversion) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
USS Arkansas (BB-33)
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Arkansas
USS Wyoming (BB-32) ⓘ |
| inServiceDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| mainBatteryArrangement | six twin turrets ⓘ |
| namedAfter | U.S. state of Wyoming (lead ship) ⓘ |
| namedShipType | U.S. states ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureEra | pre–World War I dreadnought era ⓘ |
| navyBranch | U.S. Navy battleship force ⓘ |
| numberOfMainGuns | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States capital ship development
ⓘ
linked to:
United States battleship fleet
|
| precededBy |
Florida class
ⓘ
linked to:
Florida-class battleship
|
| primaryArmament | 12-inch/50 caliber guns ⓘ |
| propulsionType | steam turbine ⓘ |
| retiredInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | early 1910s ⓘ |
| shipType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| status | all ships scrapped ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
convoy escort (WWI)
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gunnery training ⓘ shore bombardment (WWII) ⓘ training ship ⓘ |
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: Wyoming class Description of subject: The Wyoming class was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that served through both World Wars before being retired mid-century.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wyoming class
linked to: Wyoming class
linked to: Wyoming class
subject linked to:
demilitarized training ship (USS Wyoming)