Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara
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Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara was a Myōkō-class Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1945.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Ashigara | 2 |
| Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara canonical | 1 |
| heavy cruiser Ashigara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13846386 — 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: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara Context triple: [Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō, sisterShip, Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara]
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Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
The Japanese battlecruiser Haruna was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship that served prominently in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1945.
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Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
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Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of World War II that fought in several major Pacific engagements before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō
The Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō was a Myōkō-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in numerous major Pacific naval engagements before being heavily damaged and ultimately rendered inoperable.
- 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: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara Target entity description: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara was a Myōkō-class Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1945.
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A.
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.
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B.
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
The Japanese battlecruiser Haruna was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship that served prominently in both World War I and World War II, participating in major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1945.
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C.
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao was a powerful and heavily armed Takao-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II.
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D.
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima was an Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of World War II that fought in several major Pacific engagements before being sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō
The Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō was a Myōkō-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, participating in numerous major Pacific naval engagements before being heavily damaged and ultimately rendered inoperable.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara
subject linked to:
heavy cruiser Haguro
linked to: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara
linked to: Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara