USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known for its long service history and role in major military operations worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS Carl Vinson | 1 |
| USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8704151 — 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)
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Target entity: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Context triple: [Carl Vinson, commemoratedBy, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)]
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USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator George H. W. Bush.
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USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has served as a key component of the U.S. carrier strike force since the early 1990s.
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USS Doris Miller (CVN-81)
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) is a future U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named in honor of World War II hero Doris Miller, the first Black American to receive the Navy Cross.
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E.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
- 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 Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Target entity description: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known for its long service history and role in major military operations worldwide.
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A.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the Nimitz-class, among the largest warships in the world.
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B.
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 41st U.S. president and former naval aviator George H. W. Bush.
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C.
USS George Washington (CVN-73)
USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has served as a key component of the U.S. carrier strike force since the early 1990s.
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D.
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81)
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) is a future U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named in honor of World War II hero Doris Miller, the first Black American to receive the Navy Cross.
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E.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was a U.S. Navy Kitty Hawk–class supercarrier that served as a key conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the early 1960s until its decommissioning in 2009.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy ship ⓘ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCapacity | around 60 or more aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftRole | carrier air wing operations ⓘ |
| airWing |
Carrier Air Wing 17 (historical association)
ⓘ
Carrier Air Wing 2 (historical association) ⓘ
linked to:
Carrier Air Wing 2
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| armament |
close-in weapon systems
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surface-to-air missiles ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| capability | blue-water operations worldwide ⓘ |
| catapultType | steam catapult ⓘ |
| commissionedDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement | approximately 5000 personnel including air wing ⓘ |
| defensiveSystems | electronic warfare systems ⓘ |
| deploymentRegion |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ Western Pacific ⓘ
linked to:
western Pacific Ocean
|
| displacement | approximately 100000 tons full load ⓘ |
| flightDeckType | angled flight deck ⓘ |
| homeport | Naval Air Station North Island ⓘ |
| homeportLocation |
San Diego, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
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| hullNumber | CVN-70 ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| launchedDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 333 meters ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Carl Vinson ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupation | U.S. Congressman ⓘ |
| namesakeState | Georgia ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participated in 2011 operations in the North Arabian Sea
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served in the Pacific and Indian Oceans ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Operation Desert Strike
ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerPlant | two nuclear reactors ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
maritime security
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power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ |
| propulsionType | nuclear ⓘ |
| reactorType | pressurized water reactor ⓘ |
| role | flagship for carrier strike group ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Nimitz class
ⓘ
linked to:
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
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| shipyardLocation | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| speed | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| status | active service ⓘ |
| type | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
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 Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Description of subject: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known for its long service history and role in major military operations worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)