USS Preble
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USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Preble canonical | 1 |
| USS Preble (various U.S. Navy ships) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2182851 — 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 Preble Context triple: [Battle of Plattsburgh, notableShip, USS Preble]
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A.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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B.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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C.
USS Decatur
USS Decatur is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring early 19th-century naval hero Stephen Decatur.
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D.
USS Helena
USS Helena was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major naval engagements.
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E.
USS Boise
USS Boise was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- 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 Preble Target entity description: USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
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A.
USS Macdonough
USS Macdonough is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring Commodore Thomas Macdonough, a notable naval officer from the War of 1812.
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B.
USS Buchanan
USS Buchanan was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II, participating in multiple key naval engagements.
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C.
USS Decatur
USS Decatur is the name given to several United States Navy warships honoring early 19th-century naval hero Stephen Decatur.
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D.
USS Helena
USS Helena was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning distinction for its role in several major naval engagements.
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E.
USS Boise
USS Boise was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy warship
ⓘ
sloop-of-war ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| armamentType | cannon ⓘ |
| category | War of 1812 ship of the United States ⓘ |
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst |
Royal Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy forces
|
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| gainedDistinctionFor |
actions at the Battle of Plattsburgh
ⓘ
service during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to American victory at Plattsburgh ⓘ |
| launchedInDecade | 1810s ⓘ |
| locationOfService |
Lake Champlain campaign
ⓘ
North American inland waters ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Preble ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | U.S. naval officer ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Commodore Edward Preble ⓘ |
| navalRole |
combat ship
ⓘ
escort vessel ⓘ patrol vessel ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Battle of Plattsburgh ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval operations on Lake Champlain ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| service | U.S. Navy operations against British forces ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | sloop-of-war class vessel ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Lake Champlain ⓘ |
| type | armed naval vessel ⓘ |
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 Preble Description of subject: USS Preble was a U.S. Navy warship that gained distinction for its service during the War of 1812, particularly in the Battle of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USS Preble (various U.S. Navy ships)