CV-4
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CV-4 is the hull number of USS Ranger, the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier designed and built from the keel up as a carrier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| CV-4 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3449659 — 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: CV-4 Context triple: [USS Ranger (CV-4), hullNumber, CV-4]
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CV-5
CV-5 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Yorktown, a famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk at Midway.
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CV-3
CV-3 was the hull classification symbol for USS Saratoga, a pioneering U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently from the interwar period through World War II.
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C.
CV-59
CV-59 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Forrestal, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class supercarriers and one of the first supercarriers ever built.
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D.
CV-8
CV-8 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed World War II U.S. Navy aircraft carrier best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and participating in the Battle of Midway.
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E.
AC-4
AC-4 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives of the distinctive cab-forward design used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
- 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: CV-4 Target entity description: CV-4 is the hull number of USS Ranger, the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier designed and built from the keel up as a carrier.
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A.
CV-5
CV-5 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Yorktown, a famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk at Midway.
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B.
CV-3
CV-3 was the hull classification symbol for USS Saratoga, a pioneering U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently from the interwar period through World War II.
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C.
CV-59
CV-59 is the hull classification and pennant number of USS Forrestal, the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Forrestal-class supercarriers and one of the first supercarriers ever built.
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CV-8
CV-8 is the hull number of USS Hornet, a famed World War II U.S. Navy aircraft carrier best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and participating in the Battle of Midway.
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E.
AC-4
AC-4 was a class of Southern Pacific Railroad articulated steam locomotives of the distinctive cab-forward design used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft carrier
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aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier class ⓘ hull number ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | approximately 76 aircraft (designed complement) ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 5-inch guns (various marks over career)
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| class | Ranger-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1934-06-04 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | approximately 2000 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1946-10-18 ⓘ |
| designFeature |
full-length flight deck
ⓘ
hangar deck below flight deck ⓘ island superstructure on starboard side ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 14500 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| flag |
Flag of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States flag
|
| hullNumber | CV-4 ⓘ |
| identifies | USS Ranger ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1931-09-26 ⓘ |
| launched | 1933-02-25 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rangers of the American frontier ⓘ |
| nameNumberInUSN | fourth U.S. Navy ship named Ranger ⓘ |
| navalEnsign | Naval jack of the United States ⓘ |
| NavyHullClassification | CV-4 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier converted from a collier
ⓘ
first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CV-4 ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Langley ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
ⓘ
six boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | aircraft operations ship ⓘ |
| scrapped | 1947 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
| theater |
Atlantic Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Atlantic
|
| topSpeed | approximately 29 knots ⓘ |
| type | fleet carrier ⓘ |
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: CV-4 Description of subject: CV-4 is the hull number of USS Ranger, the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier designed and built from the keel up as a carrier.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.