USS Cyane
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USS Cyane was a former British Royal Navy sixth-rate warship captured during the War of 1812 and subsequently commissioned into the United States Navy, where it served in various roles including anti-piracy and Mediterranean patrols.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Cyane canonical | 3 |
| USS Macedonian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9013197 — 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 Cyane Context triple: [HMS Cyane, renamedAs, USS Cyane]
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A.
USS Somers
USS Somers was a United States Navy brig most famous as the site of the 1842 "Somers Mutiny," a controversial incident that influenced the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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B.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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C.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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D.
USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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E.
USS United States
USS United States was one of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy, a heavy frigate launched in the 1790s that saw notable service in the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
- 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 Cyane Target entity description: USS Cyane was a former British Royal Navy sixth-rate warship captured during the War of 1812 and subsequently commissioned into the United States Navy, where it served in various roles including anti-piracy and Mediterranean patrols.
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A.
USS Somers
USS Somers was a United States Navy brig most famous as the site of the 1842 "Somers Mutiny," a controversial incident that influenced the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
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B.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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C.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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D.
USS Preble
USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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E.
USS United States
USS United States was one of the original six frigates of the U.S. Navy, a heavy frigate launched in the 1790s that saw notable service in the early 19th century, including the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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sailing frigate ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentType | broadside battery ⓘ |
| armedWith | cannon ⓘ |
| capturedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| capturedFrom | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| capturedIn | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| category |
ships captured in war
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ships of the Royal Navy ⓘ ships of the United States Navy ⓘ |
| class | sixth-rate ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| flag | flag of the United States ⓘ |
| formerFlag | flag of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| foughtAgainst |
British forces
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pirates ⓘ |
| garrison | sailors and marines ⓘ |
| hasOriginAs | captured prize ship ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| navalRole |
anti-piracy cruiser
ⓘ
station ship ⓘ |
| navalTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
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Caribbean Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| notableUse | projection of U.S. naval power in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| originalCountryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| participatedIn | post–War of 1812 U.S. naval operations ⓘ |
| previousServiceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rigging | ship-rigged ⓘ |
| role |
cruiser
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escort ship ⓘ patrol ship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | sixth-rate warship ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| technology | pre-steam warship ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Mediterranean patrols
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anti-piracy operations ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ showing the flag ⓘ |
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 Cyane Description of subject: USS Cyane was a former British Royal Navy sixth-rate warship captured during the War of 1812 and subsequently commissioned into the United States Navy, where it served in various roles including anti-piracy and Mediterranean patrols.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: USS Cyane