Yamagumo
E300670
Yamagumo was a Japanese Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yamagumo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2826354 — 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: Yamagumo Context triple: [Battle of Surigao Strait, JapaneseDestroyer, Yamagumo]
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A.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
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B.
Hikifune
Hikifune is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Sumida ward, known as a traditional residential area with convenient access to central Tokyo.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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E.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
- 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: Yamagumo Target entity description: Yamagumo was a Japanese Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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A.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
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B.
Hikifune
Hikifune is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Sumida ward, known as a traditional residential area with convenient access to central Tokyo.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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E.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
ⓘ
Yūgumo-class destroyer ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| armedForce | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| belligerent | Japan ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| engagedIn | naval surface combat ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| hasShipClass | Yūgumo-class destroyer ⓘ |
| lostIn | Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| partOf | Yūgumo-class ⓘ |
| partOfEvent |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Navy
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| shipType | destroyer ⓘ |
| sunkAsPartOf | Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ |
| sunkDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Pacific Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
|
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: Yamagumo Description of subject: Yamagumo was a Japanese Navy destroyer that served in World War II and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.