Shōhō
E48360
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōhō canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T351821 — 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: Shōhō Context triple: [Battle of the Coral Sea, lightCarrierInvolved, Shōhō]
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A.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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B.
Shōda
Shōda is a Japanese surname notably borne by Michiko Shōda, who became Empress Michiko of Japan.
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C.
Yamamoto
Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Saitō Makoto
Saitō Makoto was a Japanese admiral and statesman who served as Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Shōwa period.
- 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: Shōhō Target entity description: Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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A.
Harukichi
Harukichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by Harukichi Hyakutake, an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II.
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B.
Shōda
Shōda is a Japanese surname notably borne by Michiko Shōda, who became Empress Michiko of Japan.
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C.
Yamamoto
Yamamoto is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Saitō Makoto
Saitō Makoto was a Japanese admiral and statesman who served as Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Shōwa period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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light aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 30 aircraft ⓘ |
| airGroupType |
Aichi D3A dive bombers
ⓘ
Mitsubishi A5M fighters ⓘ Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters ⓘ Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| armament |
8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose guns
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Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam | about 18.2 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| commissioned | 30 November 1939 ⓘ |
| conversionCompleted | 1942 ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | around 785 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateSunk | 7 May 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 14,200 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 11,200 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 6.6 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| flag |
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign)
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surface form:
Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
|
| historicalSignificance | first Japanese aircraft carrier sunk in World War II ⓘ |
| laidDown | 3 December 1934 ⓘ |
| laidDownAs | Tsurugizaki ⓘ |
| launched | 1 June 1935 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 205.5 m ⓘ |
| locationSunk | Coral Sea ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 28 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | auspicious phoenix ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Coral Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
|
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| opposingForcesAtSinking | United States Navy ⓘ |
| originalType |
seaplane carrier
ⓘ
submarine tender ⓘ |
| powerOutput | about 52,000 shp ⓘ |
| previousName | Tsurugizaki ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| reclassificationDate | 22 January 1942 ⓘ |
| reclassifiedAs | aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 2 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Zuihō-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| shipType | light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| shipyard | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ |
| sisterShip | Zuihō ⓘ |
| sunkAtBattle |
Battle of Coral Sea
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surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
|
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shōhō Description of subject: Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea
subject surface form:
Battle of the Coral Sea