United States Navy ship USS De Grasse
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The United States Navy ship USS De Grasse is a naval vessel named in honor of French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, recognized for his crucial role in the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Navy ship USS De Grasse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4303175 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Navy ship USS De Grasse Context triple: [François Joseph Paul de Grasse, honouredIn, United States Navy ship USS De Grasse]
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U.S. Navy ship USS Barry
The U.S. Navy ship USS Barry is a warship named in honor of Commodore John Barry, a Revolutionary War naval hero often regarded as the "Father of the American Navy."
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B.
US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes
The US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes was an American warship of the New Orleans class that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942.
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USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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E.
USS Concord
USS Concord was a United States Navy gunboat best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including participation in the Battle of Manila Bay.
- 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: United States Navy ship USS De Grasse Target entity description: The United States Navy ship USS De Grasse is a naval vessel named in honor of French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, recognized for his crucial role in the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
U.S. Navy ship USS Barry
The U.S. Navy ship USS Barry is a warship named in honor of Commodore John Barry, a Revolutionary War naval hero often regarded as the "Father of the American Navy."
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B.
US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes
The US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes was an American warship of the New Orleans class that served in the Pacific during World War II and was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942.
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C.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was an American naval vessel that served on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812, playing a key role in securing U.S. victory against the British.
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D.
USS Ticonderoga
USS Ticonderoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that notably served as a recovery ship for several NASA missions, including Apollo 17.
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E.
USS Concord
USS Concord was a United States Navy gunboat best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including participation in the Battle of Manila Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French admiral
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United States Navy ship ⓘ war ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Great Britain and the Thirteen American Colonies
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linked to:
Thirteen Colonies
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| honours | François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ |
| namedAfter | François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ |
| namedForRoleIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| vesselType | naval vessel ⓘ |
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: United States Navy ship USS De Grasse Description of subject: The United States Navy ship USS De Grasse is a naval vessel named in honor of French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, recognized for his crucial role in the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.