USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Yorktown (CV-5) canonical | 20 |
| USS Yorktown air group | 1 |
| aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) | 1 |
| wreck of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13947 — 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 Yorktown (CV-5) Context triple: [Battle of Midway, involvedShipUnitedStates, USS Yorktown (CV-5)]
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USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- 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 Yorktown (CV-5) Target entity description: USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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A.
USS Hornet (CV-8)
USS Hornet (CV-8) was a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of World War II best known for launching the Doolittle Raid and for its role in major Pacific battles before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
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B.
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a famed U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and one of the most decorated American warships of World War II, playing a pivotal role in multiple Pacific Theater battles.
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C.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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D.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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E.
USS Tennessee (BB-43)
USS Tennessee (BB-43) was a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently in the Pacific Theater during World War II, providing shore bombardment and support in multiple major campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| airGroupCapacity | about 80 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
0.50 caliber machine guns
ⓘ
1.1-inch anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ |
| awarded |
Battle stars for World War II service
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
Presidential Unit Citation
|
| beam | about 83 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1937-09-30 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 2,200 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 1942-06-07 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1942-06-01 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 19,800 long tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in battle ⓘ |
| followedBy | USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-5 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1934-05-21 ⓘ |
| launched | 1936-04-04 ⓘ |
| length | about 809 feet ⓘ |
| locationSunk | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Siege of Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Yorktown
|
| namesake |
Yorktown
ⓘ
surface form:
Yorktown, Virginia
|
| notableAircraftTypes |
Douglas SBD Dauntless
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Douglas TBD Devastator ⓘ Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
heavily damaged at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942
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rapidly repaired at Pearl Harbor before Midway ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form:
Guadalcanal campaign (early stages, support)
World War II ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | CV-5 ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Newport News, Virginia ⓘ |
| precededBy | USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| shipClass | Yorktown class ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ |
| sponsor | Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ |
| sunkAt | Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| wreckDiscovered | 1998 ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | northwest of Midway Atoll ⓘ |
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 Yorktown (CV-5) Description of subject: USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
subject surface form:
USS Hammann (DD-412)
subject surface form:
USS Hammann (DD-412)
this entity surface form:
USS Yorktown air group
subject surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
this entity surface form:
wreck of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
subject surface form:
USS Enterprise (CV-6)