Midway-class aircraft carrier
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The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Midway-class aircraft carrier canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2171467 — 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: Midway-class aircraft carrier Context triple: [USS Forrestal (CV-59), precededBy, Midway-class aircraft carrier]
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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B.
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of nuclear-powered supercarriers, featuring advanced technologies to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance combat capabilities compared to earlier Nimitz-class ships.
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C.
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
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.
- 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: Midway-class aircraft carrier Target entity description: The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.
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A.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is a class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered supercarriers that has formed the backbone of American naval air power since the late 20th century.
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B.
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of nuclear-powered supercarriers, featuring advanced technologies to increase sortie rates, reduce crew size, and enhance combat capabilities compared to earlier Nimitz-class ships.
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C.
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier
The Hiryū-class aircraft carrier was a class of Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carriers of World War II, exemplified by the carrier Hiryū, known for its role in early Pacific War operations including the Battle of Midway.
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D.
Kaga-class aircraft carrier
The Kaga-class aircraft carrier was a planned class of Japanese aircraft carriers derived from the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers, intended to operate fixed-wing STOVL jets like the F-35B.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship class
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aircraft carrier class ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated |
carrier-based attack aircraft
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carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | approximately 100 aircraft (as built) ⓘ |
| armamentAsBuilt |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ |
| beamWaterline | about 113 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States
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World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1945 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedBy |
United States Navy Bureau of Ships
ⓘ
surface form:
Bureau of Ships
|
| designPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | over 60000 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 45000 long tons ⓘ |
| flightDeckType | armored flight deck ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| hullType | conventional monohull ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 968 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization |
angled flight deck added during Cold War refits
ⓘ
steam catapults installed during postwar upgrades ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
designed to operate large air groups of piston and later jet aircraft
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first U.S. carriers with armored flight decks similar to British designs ⓘ |
| numberOfScrews | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
power projection
ⓘ
sea control ⓘ |
| propulsion |
geared turbines
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare carrier
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attack carrier ⓘ fleet carrier ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
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| shipInClass |
USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form:
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)
USS Midway (CV-41) ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Forrestal class
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surface form:
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
|
| timeInService | over four decades for lead ship ⓘ |
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: Midway-class aircraft carrier Description of subject: The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a class of large U.S. Navy carriers commissioned near the end of World War II that served for decades as key platforms for American naval air power.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Forrestal
subject surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carrier