Caio Duilio
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Caio Duilio was an Italian Royal Navy battleship of the Conte di Cavour class that served in both World Wars and was notably damaged during the British air attack on Taranto in 1940.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caio Duilio canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4436191 — 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: Caio Duilio Context triple: [Attack on Taranto, damagedShip, Caio Duilio]
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A.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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B.
Lucio
Lucio is a popular support hero in the game Overwatch, known for his music-based abilities that heal and speed up teammates.
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C.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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D.
Luciani
Luciani is the Italian surname of Albino Luciani, who became Pope John Paul I, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978.
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E.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
- 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: Caio Duilio Target entity description: Caio Duilio was an Italian Royal Navy battleship of the Conte di Cavour class that served in both World Wars and was notably damaged during the British air attack on Taranto in 1940.
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A.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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B.
Lucio
Lucio is a popular support hero in the game Overwatch, known for his music-based abilities that heal and speed up teammates.
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C.
Aemilius
Aemilius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) from which the French given name Émile ultimately derives.
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D.
Luciani
Luciani is the Italian surname of Albino Luciani, who became Pope John Paul I, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in 1978.
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E.
Quintus
Quintus is a traditional Latin praenomen (given name) commonly used in ancient Rome, often indicating the fifth-born child or associated with the number five.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Conte di Cavour-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ |
| armamentType |
naval artillery
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torpedoes (carried by attacking aircraft at Taranto) ⓘ |
| beachedAt |
Mar Grande, Taranto
ⓘ
linked to:
Taranto harbor
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| beam | 28 meters (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| builder | Cantieri navali Odero, Genoa ⓘ |
| class |
Conte di Cavour class
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian battleship Conte di Cavour
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| commissioned | 10 May 1915 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
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linked to:
Fleet Air Arm
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| dateOfEvent | 11 November 1940 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1956 ⓘ |
| defensiveSystem | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| displacement |
about 23,000 tons (standard, as built)
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over 29,000 tons (full load, after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| homePort | Taranto ⓘ |
| hullType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| laidDown | 24 April 1912 ⓘ |
| launched | 24 April 1913 ⓘ |
| length |
about 176 meters (as built)
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about 186 meters (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Taranto ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
21 knots (as built)
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26 knots (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gaius Duilius ⓘ |
| notableEvent | British air attack on Taranto ⓘ |
| notableFeature | extensive interwar reconstruction with new superstructure and machinery ⓘ |
| operator |
Regia Marina
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linked to:
Italian Navy
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| originalMainBattery | 13 × 305 mm guns ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | D 553 (postwar hull number) ⓘ |
| postRebuildMainBattery | 10 × 320 mm guns ⓘ |
| postwarUse | training and fleet unit for Italian Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1937–1940 ⓘ |
| reconstructionLocation | Cantieri del Tirreno, Genoa ⓘ |
| returnedToService | 1941 ⓘ |
| role | fleet flagship (interwar and WWII periods, at times) ⓘ |
| scrapped | late 1950s ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1915 ⓘ |
| statusDuringWWI | saw limited action in the Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| statusDuringWWII | operated mainly in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| successorNavy |
Marina Militare
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linked to:
Italian Navy
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| survivedWar | World War II ⓘ |
| torpedoHits | 1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Caio Duilio Description of subject: Caio Duilio was an Italian Royal Navy battleship of the Conte di Cavour class that served in both World Wars and was notably damaged during the British air attack on Taranto in 1940.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.