BB-35
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BB-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Texas, a New York-class battleship famed for its service in both World War I and World War II and preservation as a museum ship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BB-35 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12888908 — 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: BB-35 Context triple: [USS Texas (BB-35), hullNumber, BB-35]
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A.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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B.
BB-33
BB-33 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arkansas, a Wyoming-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during both World Wars.
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C.
BB-34
BB-34 is the hull classification symbol for USS New York, a New York-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World War I and World War II.
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D.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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E.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- 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: BB-35 Target entity description: BB-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Texas, a New York-class battleship famed for its service in both World War I and World War II and preservation as a museum ship.
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A.
BB-36
BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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B.
BB-33
BB-33 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arkansas, a Wyoming-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during both World Wars.
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C.
BB-34
BB-34 is the hull classification symbol for USS New York, a New York-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World War I and World War II.
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D.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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E.
BB-39
BB-39 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ hull classification symbol ⓘ museum ship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 14-inch (356 mm) guns
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secondary battery of 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| armorBeltThickness | up to 12 inches ⓘ |
| awards | five battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| builtAt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| class | New York class ⓘ |
| commissioned | 12 March 1914 ⓘ |
| conversion |
modernized in 1920s
ⓘ
received anti-aircraft armament upgrades ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewComplement |
approximately 1,000 officers and men (WWI era)
ⓘ
over 1,700 officers and men (WWII era) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 21 April 1948 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| displacement | about 27,000 long tons (standard) ⓘ |
| distinction |
one of the oldest surviving dreadnought battleships
ⓘ
only surviving World War I-era dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| fate | preserved as museum ship ⓘ |
| hullNumber | BB-35 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 17 April 1911 ⓘ |
| launched | 18 May 1912 ⓘ |
| length | 573 feet ⓘ |
| locationAfterDecommissioning |
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, La Porte, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jacinto Battlefield
|
| namedAfter |
U.S. state of Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
|
| notableOperation |
Iwo Jima campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Iwo Jima
Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Normandy
North Sea convoy escort duty in World War I ⓘ Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Dragoon ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | BB-35 ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| refersTo |
USS Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
USS Texas (BB-35)
|
| serviceDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Miss Claudia Lyon ⓘ |
| stateAssociation |
State of Texas
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linked to:
Texas
|
| topSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| type | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
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: BB-35 Description of subject: BB-35 is the hull classification symbol for USS Texas, a New York-class battleship famed for its service in both World War I and World War II and preservation as a museum ship.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.