Dutch destroyer Piet Hein
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The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II in the Pacific, where it was sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dutch destroyer Piet Hein canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4225876 — 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: Dutch destroyer Piet Hein Context triple: [Battle of the Badung Strait, involvedUnit, Dutch destroyer Piet Hein]
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A.
HNLMS Kortenaer
HNLMS Kortenaer was a Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in the early stages of World War II before being lost in combat against Japanese forces.
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B.
Dutch Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter
HNLMS De Ruyter is a Royal Netherlands Navy warship named in honor of the famed 17th-century Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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C.
Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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D.
pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
The pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was a German heavy cruiser of the Deutschland class that gained notoriety during World War II for its commerce-raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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E.
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
- 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: Dutch destroyer Piet Hein Target entity description: The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II in the Pacific, where it was sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.
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A.
HNLMS Kortenaer
HNLMS Kortenaer was a Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in the early stages of World War II before being lost in combat against Japanese forces.
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B.
Dutch Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter
HNLMS De Ruyter is a Royal Netherlands Navy warship named in honor of the famed 17th-century Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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C.
Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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D.
pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
The pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was a German heavy cruiser of the Deutschland class that gained notoriety during World War II for its commerce-raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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E.
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Netherlands Navy ship
ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| alignment | Allies of World War II ⓘ |
| armedForce | Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ |
| causeOfDestruction | enemy action ⓘ |
| conflict |
Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch East Indies campaign
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | Netherlands ⓘ |
| locationOfService |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Piet Hein ⓘ |
| navalFleet | Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval operations in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | interwar period ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | lost in action ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Dutch East Indies campaign
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ |
| timeOfSinking | early stages of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ |
| usedFor |
convoy protection
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escort duties ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ patrol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dutch destroyer Piet Hein Description of subject: The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II in the Pacific, where it was sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.
Referenced by (1)
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