Yudachi
E531094
Yudachi was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the Shiratsuyu class that served in World War II, notably participating in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yudachi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5618065 — 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: Yudachi Context triple: [Japanese destroyer Yudachi, pennantNumber, Yudachi]
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A.
Unryu
Unryu was a World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Yasu
Yasu is a Japanese city located in Shiga Prefecture, known for its blend of residential areas, local industry, and proximity to Lake Biwa.
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C.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
Tsubami
Tsubami is one of the official bird mascots of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team, known for her cute design and energetic support of the club.
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E.
Eishiro
Eishiro is a Japanese given name that can be used for male individuals.
- 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: Yudachi Target entity description: Yudachi was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the Shiratsuyu class that served in World War II, notably participating in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1942.
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A.
Unryu
Unryu was a World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Yasu
Yasu is a Japanese city located in Shiga Prefecture, known for its blend of residential areas, local industry, and proximity to Lake Biwa.
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C.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
Tsubami
Tsubami is one of the official bird mascots of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team, known for her cute design and energetic support of the club.
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E.
Eishiro
Eishiro is a Japanese given name that can be used for male individuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
ⓘ
Shiratsuyu-class destroyer ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armament |
127 mm naval guns
ⓘ
Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| belligerentSide | Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Shiratsuyu class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completed | 1937 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | about 180 personnel ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1942-11-13 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 1,700 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1934 ⓘ |
| launched | 1936 ⓘ |
| length | about 107 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 34 knots ⓘ |
| navalEnsign | Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tokyo Express transport runs
ⓘ
night combat operations ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Cape Esperance
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shiratsuyu-class destroyer group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking | near Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
escort
ⓘ
torpedo attack ship ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1937 ⓘ |
| status | war loss ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
USS Portland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater |
Solomon Islands campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | night torpedo attacks ⓘ |
| yearOfDisestablishment | 1942 ⓘ |
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: Yudachi Description of subject: Yudachi was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the Shiratsuyu class that served in World War II, notably participating in several major Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1942.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.