Kongō
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Kongō was a Japanese Kongō-class fast battleship that served prominently in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2464040 — 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: Kongō Context triple: [Battle off Samar, notableJapaneseShip, Kongō]
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A.
Congo
Congo is a Central African country whose economy is heavily reliant on oil production and exports.
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B.
Congo River
The Congo River is Africa’s second-longest river and the world’s deepest, flowing through central Africa to the Atlantic Ocean and serving as a major waterway for transport, ecology, and regional economies.
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C.
Lualaba River
The Lualaba River is the upper course of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flowing through the southeast of the country and serving as a key waterway in Central Africa.
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D.
Gongola River
The Gongola River is a major river in northeastern Nigeria that flows through the savanna region before joining the Benue River.
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E.
Ubangi River
The Ubangi River is a major Central African waterway that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic before joining the Congo River.
- 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: Kongō Target entity description: Kongō was a Japanese Kongō-class fast battleship that served prominently in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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A.
Congo
Congo is a Central African country whose economy is heavily reliant on oil production and exports.
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B.
Congo River
The Congo River is Africa’s second-longest river and the world’s deepest, flowing through central Africa to the Atlantic Ocean and serving as a major waterway for transport, ecology, and regional economies.
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C.
Lualaba River
The Lualaba River is the upper course of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flowing through the southeast of the country and serving as a key waterway in Central Africa.
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D.
Gongola River
The Gongola River is a major river in northeastern Nigeria that flows through the savanna region before joining the Benue River.
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E.
Ubangi River
The Ubangi River is a major Central African waterway that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic before joining the Congo River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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Kongō-class battleship ⓘ battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 31.0 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Barrow-in-Furness shipyard
ⓘ
Vickers Limited ⓘ
linked to:
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
| causeOfSinking | torpedoes from USS Sealion (SS-315) ⓘ |
| class |
Kongō-class battleship
ⓘ
linked to:
Kongō-class battlecruiser
|
| commissioned | 1913-08-16 ⓘ |
| constructionSite | Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ |
| convertedTo | fast battleship ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| displacement |
about 27000 long tons (standard, as built)
ⓘ
over 32000 long tons (full load, post-modernization) ⓘ |
| draft | 9.7 m ⓘ |
| era | World War II warship ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1911-01-17 ⓘ |
| launched | 1912-05-18 ⓘ |
| length | 222.0 m ⓘ |
| lostWith | heavy loss of life ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Kongō ⓘ |
| navalFleet | Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Japanese capital ship built outside Japan ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Attack on Pearl Harbor (support operations)
ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of Midway (support operations) ⓘ
linked to:
Midway operation
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs | battleship ⓘ |
| shipType |
battlecruiser
ⓘ
fast battleship ⓘ |
| sunkIn | East China Sea ⓘ |
| sunkOnDate | 1944-11-21 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kongō Description of subject: Kongō was a Japanese Kongō-class fast battleship that served prominently in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kongō