Naval Air Station Sunnyvale
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Naval Air Station Sunnyvale was a U.S. Navy airship base in California best known as the home field of the rigid airship USS Macon (ZRS-5) during the 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Naval Air Station Sunnyvale canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9299214 — 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: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale Context triple: [USS Macon (ZRS-5), primaryBase, Naval Air Station Sunnyvale]
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A.
Naval Air Station Alameda
Naval Air Station Alameda was a major former U.S. Navy air station on Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay that served as an important aviation and ship support base during much of the 20th century.
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B.
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Naval Air Station Lemoore is a major United States Navy jet air station in California that serves as the Navy’s primary West Coast master jet base.
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C.
Naval Air Station San Diego
Naval Air Station San Diego is a major U.S. Navy aviation facility located on North Island in San Diego Bay, serving as a key base for naval aircraft operations and the birthplace of naval aviation.
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D.
Naval Air Facility El Centro
Naval Air Facility El Centro is a United States Navy airfield in Southern California best known as a major training base, including winter training for the Blue Angels flight demonstration team.
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E.
Naval Base Ventura County
Naval Base Ventura County is a major U.S. Navy installation on the Southern California coast that supports naval air, sea, and shore operations, including Seabees and other fleet units.
- 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: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale Target entity description: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale was a U.S. Navy airship base in California best known as the home field of the rigid airship USS Macon (ZRS-5) during the 1930s.
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A.
Naval Air Station Alameda
Naval Air Station Alameda was a major former U.S. Navy air station on Alameda Island in the San Francisco Bay that served as an important aviation and ship support base during much of the 20th century.
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B.
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Naval Air Station Lemoore is a major United States Navy jet air station in California that serves as the Navy’s primary West Coast master jet base.
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C.
Naval Air Station San Diego
Naval Air Station San Diego is a major U.S. Navy aviation facility located on North Island in San Diego Bay, serving as a key base for naval aircraft operations and the birthplace of naval aviation.
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D.
Naval Air Facility El Centro
Naval Air Facility El Centro is a United States Navy airfield in Southern California best known as a major training base, including winter training for the Blue Angels flight demonstration team.
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E.
Naval Base Ventura County
Naval Base Ventura County is a major U.S. Navy installation on the Southern California coast that supports naval air, sea, and shore operations, including Seabees and other fleet units.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Navy airship base
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military air station ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeHandled |
non-rigid airships
ⓘ
rigid airships ⓘ |
| conflict | interwar period naval aviation ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1930s ⓘ |
| garrison |
USS Macon (ZRS-5)
ⓘ
airship crews ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
airship hangar
ⓘ
mooring mast ⓘ runways ⓘ support buildings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Santa Clara County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Clara County
Sunnyvale, California ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
|
| militaryBranchType | naval aviation ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sunnyvale, California
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linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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| notableEvent | operations of USS Macon (ZRS-5) ⓘ |
| notableFor | serving as home field of USS Macon (ZRS-5) ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| status | former military installation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
U.S. Navy patrol airship operations
ⓘ
lighter-than-air aviation ⓘ rigid airship operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale Description of subject: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale was a U.S. Navy airship base in California best known as the home field of the rigid airship USS Macon (ZRS-5) during the 1930s.
Referenced by (1)
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