U-96
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U-96 was a famous German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life submarine that inspired the novel and film "Das Boot."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U-96 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21577131 — 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: U-96 Context triple: [German submarine U-96, pennantNumber, U-96]
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A.
U-9
U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
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B.
Type IX U-boat
The Type IX U-boat was a class of long-range German submarines used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II, designed for extended patrols and operations far from European waters.
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C.
U-boat U-211
U-boat U-211 was a German Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine that operated in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, attacking Allied convoys before being lost in 1943.
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D.
U-75
U-75 was a German Type VIIB U-boat that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding operations.
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E.
U-703
U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
- 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: U-96 Target entity description: U-96 was a famous German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life submarine that inspired the novel and film "Das Boot."
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A.
U-9
U-9 was a German World War I U-boat famed for its early and dramatic successes in submarine warfare, including the sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
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B.
Type IX U-boat
The Type IX U-boat was a class of long-range German submarines used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II, designed for extended patrols and operations far from European waters.
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C.
U-boat U-211
U-boat U-211 was a German Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine that operated in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, attacking Allied convoys before being lost in 1943.
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D.
U-75
U-75 was a German Type VIIB U-boat that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and commerce raiding operations.
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E.
U-703
U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.