CA-36
E440102
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
United States Navy ship hull classification symbol
heavy cruiser
hull number
CA-36 was the hull number of USS Minneapolis, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served prominently with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CA-36 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4433629 — 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: CA-36 Context triple: [USS Minneapolis (CA-36), hullNumber, CA-36]
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A.
C-97 Brasília
The C-97 Brasília is a Brazilian military transport aircraft operated by the Brazilian Air Force for cargo and personnel missions.
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B.
Douglas A-26 Invader
The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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C.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
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D.
M-346 trainer aircraft
The M-346 is an advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed for lead-in fighter training and tactical roles, widely used by several air forces worldwide.
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E.
A-20 Havoc
The A-20 Havoc was an American World War II light bomber and attack aircraft known for its speed, versatility, and extensive use in low-level bombing and ground-attack missions.
- 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: CA-36 Target entity description: CA-36 was the hull number of USS Minneapolis, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served prominently with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
C-97 Brasília
The C-97 Brasília is a Brazilian military transport aircraft operated by the Brazilian Air Force for cargo and personnel missions.
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B.
Douglas A-26 Invader
The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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C.
C-2A Greyhound
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.
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D.
M-346 trainer aircraft
The M-346 is an advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed for lead-in fighter training and tactical roles, widely used by several air forces worldwide.
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E.
A-20 Havoc
The A-20 Havoc was an American World War II light bomber and attack aircraft known for its speed, versatility, and extensive use in low-level bombing and ground-attack missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
ⓘ
United States Navy ship hull classification symbol ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ hull number ⓘ |
| armedWith |
5-inch dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
8-inch naval guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| awarded | battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| class | New Orleans-class cruiser ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-36 ⓘ |
| identifies | USS Minneapolis ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minneapolis
|
| navalTheater |
Pacific Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
|
| navyListStatus | active during World War II ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
ⓘ
Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Okinawa
Pacific War ⓘ Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| serviceRole |
escort for aircraft carriers
ⓘ
shore bombardment ship ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ |
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| sustainedDamage | Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ |
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: CA-36 Description of subject: CA-36 was the hull number of USS Minneapolis, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served prominently with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
CA-36