Wyoming-class battleship
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The Wyoming-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of United States Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step in the evolution of American capital ship design before later, more advanced classes like the New York class.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wyoming-class battleship canonical | 6 |
| Wyoming-class battleships | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2596658 — 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 battleship Context triple: [New York-class battleship, precededBy, Wyoming-class battleship]
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A.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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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.
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.
- 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 battleship Target entity description: The Wyoming-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of United States Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step in the evolution of American capital ship design before later, more advanced classes like the New York class.
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A.
Iowa-class battleship
The Iowa-class battleship is a class of fast, heavily armed U.S. Navy battleships built during World War II, renowned for their large 16-inch guns, thick armor, and long service lives extending into the late 20th century.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| armorBeltThickness | up to 11 inches ⓘ |
| builtFor | blue-water fleet operations ⓘ |
| commissioningStartYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1910 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| deckArmorThickness | up to 3 inches ⓘ |
| designedAs | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| designFeature |
improved armor protection over Florida class
ⓘ
increased main battery from ten to twelve 12-inch guns ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | New York-class battleship ⓘ |
| fullLoadDisplacement | about 27,000 long tons ⓘ |
| hasMember |
USS Arkansas (BB-33)
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Arkansas
USS Wyoming (BB-32) ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | six twin turrets ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Wyoming (lead ship)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wyoming
|
| navalArchitectureTrend | evolution of American dreadnought design ⓘ |
| navyDesignation | BB-32 class ⓘ |
| notableConversion | demilitarized training ship (USS Wyoming) ⓘ |
| numberOfMainGuns | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfUnitsBuilt | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Florida-class battleship ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 12-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 guns ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| retirementPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| role | capital ship ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| serviceEntryDecade | 1910s ⓘ |
| shipBeam | about 93 feet ⓘ |
| shipDraught | about 28.5 feet ⓘ |
| shipLength | about 562 feet ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | about 26,000 long tons ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 20.5 knots ⓘ |
| treatyImpact | affected by naval arms limitation treaties ⓘ |
| turretArmorThickness | up to 12 inches ⓘ |
| usedFor |
convoy escort
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fleet training ⓘ gunnery practice ⓘ |
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 battleship Description of subject: The Wyoming-class battleship was an early 20th-century class of United States Navy dreadnoughts that marked a step in the evolution of American capital ship design before later, more advanced classes like the New York class.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
New York class
subject linked to:
demilitarized training ship (USS Wyoming)
subject linked to:
demilitarized training ship (USS Wyoming)
linked to: Wyoming-class battleship