destroyer escort USS Raymond
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The destroyer escort USS Raymond (DE-341) was a John C. Butler-class U.S. Navy warship that earned distinction for its aggressive action against superior Japanese forces during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Raymond (DE-341) | 1 |
| destroyer escort USS Raymond canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11324141 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: destroyer escort USS Raymond Context triple: [U.S. Task Unit 77.4.3, associatedWith, destroyer escort USS Raymond]
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A.
USS Darter
USS Darter was a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine active in the Pacific during World War II, noted for its successful attacks on Japanese warships before running aground in 1944.
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B.
USS Rowan (DD-405)
USS Rowan (DD-405) was a United States Navy destroyer that served before and during World War II, participating in Atlantic and Mediterranean operations until she was sunk in 1943.
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C.
USS Dace
USS Dace was a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II, noted for its successful combat patrols against Japanese shipping.
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D.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
- 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: destroyer escort USS Raymond Target entity description: The destroyer escort USS Raymond (DE-341) was a John C. Butler-class U.S. Navy warship that earned distinction for its aggressive action against superior Japanese forces during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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A.
USS Darter
USS Darter was a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine active in the Pacific during World War II, noted for its successful attacks on Japanese warships before running aground in 1944.
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B.
USS Rowan (DD-405)
USS Rowan (DD-405) was a United States Navy destroyer that served before and during World War II, participating in Atlantic and Mediterranean operations until she was sunk in 1943.
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C.
USS Dace
USS Dace was a U.S. Navy Gato-class submarine that served in the Pacific during World War II, noted for its successful combat patrols against Japanese shipping.
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D.
USS Gleaves (DD-423)
USS Gleaves (DD-423) was the lead ship of the Gleaves-class destroyers that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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E.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
ⓘ
destroyer escort ⓘ |
| armedForce | Allied naval forces in World War II ⓘ |
| category |
John C. Butler-class destroyer escorts
ⓘ
World War II destroyer escort of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| distinction | recognized for valor at Battle off Samar ⓘ |
| engagedWith | Japanese surface forces at Battle off Samar ⓘ |
| era | World War II era warship ⓘ |
| hullNumber | DE-341 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Raymond ⓘ |
| navalClass |
John C. Butler class
ⓘ
linked to:
John C. Butler-class
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| notableFor | aggressive action against superior Japanese forces at Battle off Samar ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| opponent | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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convoy escort ⓘ screening vessel ⓘ |
| service | United States Navy in World War II ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| theater |
Pacific Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
|
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle off Samar ⓘ |
| type | escort ship ⓘ |
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: destroyer escort USS Raymond Description of subject: The destroyer escort USS Raymond (DE-341) was a John C. Butler-class U.S. Navy warship that earned distinction for its aggressive action against superior Japanese forces during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.