USS Adams
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USS Adams was a United States Navy warship active in the early 19th century, notable for its service during the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Adams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13009914 — 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 Adams Context triple: [Edward Preble, shipCommanded, USS Adams]
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A.
USS Anderson
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Warren
USS Warren was a U.S. Navy vessel that served in the Pacific during the mid-19th century, notably supporting American naval operations along the California coast.
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C.
USS Concord
USS Concord was a United States Navy gunboat best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including participation in the Battle of Manila Bay.
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D.
USS Lamson
USS Lamson was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was later used as a target ship during the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, where it was sunk and now lies as a shipwreck.
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E.
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.
- 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 Adams Target entity description: USS Adams was a United States Navy warship active in the early 19th century, notable for its service during the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War.
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A.
USS Anderson
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
USS Warren
USS Warren was a U.S. Navy vessel that served in the Pacific during the mid-19th century, notably supporting American naval operations along the California coast.
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C.
USS Concord
USS Concord was a United States Navy gunboat best known for its service with the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish–American War, including participation in the Battle of Manila Bay.
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D.
USS Lamson
USS Lamson was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was later used as a target ship during the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, where it was sunk and now lies as a shipwreck.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy warship
ⓘ
sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| armament | naval guns ⓘ |
| category |
Sailing frigates and sloops of the United States Navy
ⓘ
Ships of the United States Navy in the First Barbary War ⓘ Ships of the United States Navy in the Quasi-War ⓘ |
| class | Adams-class sloop-of-war NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Barbary War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quasi-War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wooden hull ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeOccupation | second President of the United States ⓘ |
| navalTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service during the First Barbary War
ⓘ
service during the Quasi-War ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail-powered ⓘ |
| role |
escort duties
ⓘ
operations against Barbary corsairs ⓘ operations against French privateers ⓘ protection of American commerce ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEntryPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| shipType |
sloop-of-war
ⓘ
warship ⓘ |
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 Adams Description of subject: USS Adams was a United States Navy warship active in the early 19th century, notable for its service during the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.