HMS Duke of Wellington
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HMS Duke of Wellington was a pioneering 19th-century British Royal Navy ship of the line, notable as one of the first major steam-powered warships and a symbol of the transition from sail to steam power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Duke of Wellington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7031937 — 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 Duke of Wellington Context triple: [Bombardment of Bomarsund, notableShip, HMS Duke of Wellington]
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HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt is a Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Astute class, designed for stealthy intelligence gathering, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare, and precision land-attack missions.
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B.
HMS Jamaica
HMS Jamaica was a British Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that served with distinction during World War II, including Arctic convoy and North Atlantic operations.
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C.
HMS London
HMS London was a Royal Navy heavy cruiser of the County class that served in World War II, seeing action in the Atlantic and other theatres before being decommissioned in the postwar period.
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D.
HMS Hero
HMS Hero was a Royal Navy destroyer that served during World War II, taking part in several Mediterranean operations and convoy escorts.
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E.
HMS Berwick
HMS Berwick was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served in the 18th century and is notably associated with the early career of Admiral Edward Hawke.
- 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 Duke of Wellington Target entity description: HMS Duke of Wellington was a pioneering 19th-century British Royal Navy ship of the line, notable as one of the first major steam-powered warships and a symbol of the transition from sail to steam power.
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A.
HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt is a Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Astute class, designed for stealthy intelligence gathering, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare, and precision land-attack missions.
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B.
HMS Jamaica
HMS Jamaica was a British Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that served with distinction during World War II, including Arctic convoy and North Atlantic operations.
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C.
HMS London
HMS London was a Royal Navy heavy cruiser of the County class that served in World War II, seeing action in the Atlantic and other theatres before being decommissioned in the postwar period.
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D.
HMS Hero
HMS Hero was a Royal Navy destroyer that served during World War II, taking part in several Mediterranean operations and convoy escorts.
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E.
HMS Berwick
HMS Berwick was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served in the 18th century and is notably associated with the early career of Admiral Edward Hawke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
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ship of the line ⓘ steam-powered warship ⓘ |
| armamentType | ship of the line broadside guns ⓘ |
| conflict | Crimean War ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
auxiliary sail rig
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broadside gun batteries ⓘ screw propulsion ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the first major steam-powered ships of the line in the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| hullType | wooden hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
Duke of Wellington ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureSignificance | early major steam-powered ship of the line ⓘ |
| navalTechnologyRole | transitional ship between sail and steam ⓘ |
| numberOfDecks | three gun decks ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| powerType | steam and sail hybrid ⓘ |
| propulsion |
sail
ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ |
| role | flagship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | HMS Duke of Wellington-class ⓘ |
| shipType | first-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of transition from sail to steam power ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fleet flagship duties
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line-of-battle engagements ⓘ |
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 Duke of Wellington Description of subject: HMS Duke of Wellington was a pioneering 19th-century British Royal Navy ship of the line, notable as one of the first major steam-powered warships and a symbol of the transition from sail to steam power.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.