ship HMS Medea
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HMS Medea was a 19th-century British Royal Navy vessel notable for transporting the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond to the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ship HMS Medea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11292539 — 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: ship HMS Medea Context triple: [Koh-i-Noor diamond, transportedBy, ship HMS Medea]
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A.
HMS
HMS is the ship prefix used for vessels of the British Royal Navy, standing for "His (or Her) Majesty's Ship."
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B.
English warship HMS Hampshire
The English warship HMS Hampshire was a late 17th-century Royal Navy vessel that took part in the 1697 Battle of Hudson Bay during the Anglo-French conflicts over North American trade and territory.
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C.
HMS Obedient
HMS Obedient was a Royal Navy destroyer that served during World War II, notably participating in Arctic convoy operations against German naval forces.
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D.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
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E.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
- 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: ship HMS Medea Target entity description: HMS Medea was a 19th-century British Royal Navy vessel notable for transporting the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond to the United Kingdom.
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A.
HMS
HMS is the ship prefix used for vessels of the British Royal Navy, standing for "His (or Her) Majesty's Ship."
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B.
English warship HMS Hampshire
The English warship HMS Hampshire was a late 17th-century Royal Navy vessel that took part in the 1697 Battle of Hudson Bay during the Anglo-French conflicts over North American trade and territory.
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C.
HMS Obedient
HMS Obedient was a Royal Navy destroyer that served during World War II, notably participating in Arctic convoy operations against German naval forces.
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D.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
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E.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
ⓘ
steam frigate ⓘ |
| armedWith | naval guns ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British colonial rule in India
ⓘ
acquisition of Indian crown jewels by Britain ⓘ |
| carried |
Darya-i-Noor diamond
ⓘ
linked to:
Darya-ye Noor diamond
Koh-i-Noor diamond ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| event | transport of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from India to Britain ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| hasCrew |
Royal Navy sailors
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Navy personnel
|
| hasPart | paddle wheels ⓘ |
| heritage | part of early steam-powered Royal Navy vessels ⓘ |
| locationOfOperation |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic
|
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Medea ⓘ |
| notableFor | transporting the Koh-i-Noor diamond to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| owner |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| partOf | Royal Navy steam fleet ⓘ |
| portOfArrival | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| portOfDeparture |
Bombay
ⓘ
linked to:
Mumbai
|
| propulsion |
sails
ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 19th century ⓘ |
| shipType |
paddle sloop
ⓘ
steam sloop ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of British imperial power and prestige ⓘ |
| transportedFor |
British Crown
ⓘ
East India Company officials ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diplomatic missions
ⓘ
naval operations in the British Empire ⓘ transport ⓘ |
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: ship HMS Medea Description of subject: HMS Medea was a 19th-century British Royal Navy vessel notable for transporting the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond to the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.