HMS Resolution
E43038
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Resolution canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331270 — 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: HMS Resolution Context triple: [James Cook, shipCommanded, HMS Resolution]
-
A.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
-
B.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
-
C.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
-
D.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
-
E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in 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: HMS Resolution Target entity description: HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
-
A.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
-
B.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
-
C.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
-
D.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
-
E.
HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and later as a target and decoy ship in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
ⓘ
exploration vessel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James Cook
ⓘ
Royal Society-sponsored voyages ⓘ |
| builtFor |
extended voyages without frequent resupply
ⓘ
long-distance ocean voyages ⓘ |
| captainOnSecondVoyage | James Cook ⓘ |
| captainOnThirdVoyage | James Cook ⓘ |
| carried |
artists
ⓘ
naturalists ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ |
| commandedBy | James Cook ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery in the Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
First voyage of James Cook
Age of Sail ⓘ |
| exploredRegion |
North Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean ⓘ South Pacific ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| fate | lost from Royal Navy service by the late 18th century ⓘ |
| flagshipOf |
James Cook's second Pacific voyage
ⓘ
linked to:
Second voyage of James Cook
James Cook's third Pacific voyage ⓘ
linked to:
Third voyage of James Cook
|
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
key ship in James Cook's career
ⓘ
major vessel in the history of Pacific exploration ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| homeCountry | Great Britain ⓘ |
| launchedIn | 1770s ⓘ |
| namedAfter | resolution (quality of determination) ⓘ |
| navalBranch |
British Royal Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy
|
| notableFor |
contributions to cartography
ⓘ
contributions to scientific observation ⓘ high-latitude Southern Ocean navigation ⓘ search for Terra Australis ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
James Cook's second voyage (1772–1775)
ⓘ
linked to:
Second voyage of James Cook
James Cook's third voyage (1776–1779) ⓘ
linked to:
Third voyage of James Cook
|
| partOf |
British exploration of the Pacific
ⓘ
British scientific expeditions of the 18th century ⓘ |
| role |
exploration ship
ⓘ
flagship ⓘ research vessel (historical) ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1772 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Pacific exploration
ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ voyage of discovery ⓘ |
| voyageStartPort |
Plymouth
ⓘ
Portsmouth ⓘ |
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: HMS Resolution Description of subject: HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.