Hiryū
E392431
Hiryū was a warship of the Tokugawa shogunate’s navy that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War, including the Naval Battle of Hakodate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiryū canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3843431 — 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: Hiryū Context triple: [Naval Battle of Hakodate, shipInvolved, Hiryū]
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A.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- 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: Hiryū Target entity description: Hiryū was a warship of the Tokugawa shogunate’s navy that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War, including the Naval Battle of Hakodate.
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A.
Hiryū
Hiryū was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for its crucial role and eventual sinking during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
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B.
Zuihō
Zuihō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several Pacific War operations before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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D.
Musashi
Musashi was a World War II-era Japanese battleship, one of the largest and most heavily armed ever built, serving as a flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy before being sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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E.
Akagi
Akagi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tokugawa shogunate warship
ⓘ
steam warship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
establishment of the Meiji government
ⓘ
fall of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| conflict |
Boshin War
ⓘ
Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ |
| country | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Japan ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Bakumatsu period
ⓘ
linked to:
Bakumatsu period reforms
Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| locationOfOperation |
Hakodate Bay
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| navalBranch |
Tokugawa navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokugawa shogunate navy
|
| navalEngagement |
Battle of Hakodate Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Naval Battle of Hakodate
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| notableFor |
service in the Boshin War
ⓘ
service in the Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ |
| operator | Tokugawa shogunate navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Boshin War
ⓘ
Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tokugawa shogunate fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokugawa shogunate navy
|
| politicalSide | Tokugawa side in the Boshin War ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra |
Bakumatsu period
ⓘ
linked to:
Bakumatsu period reforms
|
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Japanese Civil War (Boshin War)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boshin War
|
| type | armed steam vessel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tokugawa loyalist forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokugawa shogunate navy
|
| usedIn | northern Japan naval operations ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
combat ship
ⓘ
naval support 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: Hiryū Description of subject: Hiryū was a warship of the Tokugawa shogunate’s navy that took part in the late-19th-century Boshin War, including the Naval Battle of Hakodate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.