C-class cruiser
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The C-class cruiser was a group of early 20th-century Royal Navy light cruisers designed for fleet scouting, trade protection, and escort duties during and between the World Wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C-class cruiser canonical | 1 |
| Light cruiser classes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15778619 — 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: C-class cruiser Context triple: [HMS Cairo, class, C-class cruiser]
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A.
Town-class cruiser
The Town-class cruiser was a series of British Royal Navy light cruisers built in the late 1930s and early 1940s, designed for fleet screening, trade protection, and anti-aircraft defense during World War II.
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B.
Tone-class cruiser
The Tone-class cruiser was a unique Japanese World War II heavy cruiser design characterized by having all its main guns forward and an expanded seaplane aviation facility aft for long-range reconnaissance.
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C.
Portland-class cruiser
The Portland-class cruiser was a class of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers of the interwar and World War II era, noted for their balanced design and extensive wartime service in the Pacific.
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D.
York-class cruiser
The York-class cruiser was a class of British Royal Navy heavy cruisers built under interwar naval treaties, characterized by relatively lighter armament and armor compared to earlier heavy cruisers to meet treaty limitations.
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E.
Cleveland-class cruiser
The Cleveland-class cruiser was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy light cruisers known for their heavy anti-aircraft armament, numerous wartime deployments, and later conversions into guided missile cruisers.
- 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: C-class cruiser Target entity description: The C-class cruiser was a group of early 20th-century Royal Navy light cruisers designed for fleet scouting, trade protection, and escort duties during and between the World Wars.
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A.
Town-class cruiser
The Town-class cruiser was a series of British Royal Navy light cruisers built in the late 1930s and early 1940s, designed for fleet screening, trade protection, and anti-aircraft defense during World War II.
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B.
Tone-class cruiser
The Tone-class cruiser was a unique Japanese World War II heavy cruiser design characterized by having all its main guns forward and an expanded seaplane aviation facility aft for long-range reconnaissance.
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C.
Portland-class cruiser
The Portland-class cruiser was a class of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers of the interwar and World War II era, noted for their balanced design and extensive wartime service in the Pacific.
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D.
York-class cruiser
The York-class cruiser was a class of British Royal Navy heavy cruisers built under interwar naval treaties, characterized by relatively lighter armament and armor compared to earlier heavy cruisers to meet treaty limitations.
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E.
Cleveland-class cruiser
The Cleveland-class cruiser was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy light cruisers known for their heavy anti-aircraft armament, numerous wartime deployments, and later conversions into guided missile cruisers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.