USS Hornet
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USS Hornet was a notable early 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that gained fame for its victories during the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Hornet canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5490408 — 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: USS Hornet Context triple: [James Lawrence, commanded, USS Hornet]
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A.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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B.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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C.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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D.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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E.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
- 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: USS Hornet Target entity description: USS Hornet was a notable early 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that gained fame for its victories during the War of 1812.
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A.
USS Wasp
USS Wasp was a prominent warship of the American Revolutionary-era Continental Navy, known for its role in early naval engagements against British forces.
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B.
USS Lexington
USS Lexington was a prominent warship of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, known for its early naval engagements against British forces.
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C.
USS Saratoga
USS Saratoga was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, originally commissioned in the 1920s, that later became notable as a target ship in early post–World War II nuclear weapons tests.
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D.
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive service in World War II and is now preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California.
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E.
USS Essex
USS Essex was a World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Essex-class, which played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| armament | cannon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United States maritime history
ⓘ
early American naval warfare ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| classification | warship ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| design | wooden-hulled sailing ship ⓘ |
| engagementType | ship-to-ship combat ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| fame | success in single-ship actions ⓘ |
| hasCrewType |
marines
ⓘ
sailors ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of early U.S. naval success ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | naval forces ⓘ |
| navalRole |
commerce raiding
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warship ⓘ |
| notableFor | naval victories during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| service | United States Navy in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| usedFor |
blockade running
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engaging enemy warships ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ |
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: USS Hornet Description of subject: USS Hornet was a notable early 19th-century United States Navy sloop-of-war that gained fame for its victories during the War of 1812.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.