HMS Hero
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HMS Hero was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars, notably participating in major naval engagements against the French fleet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Hero canonical | 2 |
| HMS Courageux | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7359267 — 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 Hero Context triple: [Battle of Cape Ortegal, BritishShips, HMS Hero]
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A.
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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B.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
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C.
HMS Captain
HMS Captain was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
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D.
HMS Ramillies
HMS Ramillies was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that served prominently during the mid-18th century, including early actions of the Seven Years' War.
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E.
HMS Saumarez
HMS Saumarez was a British Royal Navy S-class destroyer that saw significant action during World War II, including Arctic convoy escort duties and major naval engagements.
- 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 Hero Target entity description: HMS Hero was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars, notably participating in major naval engagements against the French fleet.
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A.
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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B.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
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C.
HMS Captain
HMS Captain was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
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D.
HMS Ramillies
HMS Ramillies was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that served prominently during the mid-18th century, including early actions of the Seven Years' War.
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E.
HMS Saumarez
HMS Saumarez was a British Royal Navy S-class destroyer that saw significant action during World War II, including Arctic convoy escort duties and major naval engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| armedForce | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| belligerent | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
Napoleonic Wars naval ships of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagedWith | French fleet ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| militaryBranchRole | line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| militaryFunction | line-of-battle combat ⓘ |
| navalTheater | European waters ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in major naval engagements against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| opponent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval engagements against the French fleet ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| role | front-line combat vessel ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | ship of the line ⓘ |
| technology | sailing ship ⓘ |
| usedFor |
engaging enemy ships of the line
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fleet actions ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ |
| vesselClass | ship of the line ⓘ |
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 Hero Description of subject: HMS Hero was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars, notably participating in major naval engagements against the French fleet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HMS Hero