Nevada-class battleship
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The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nevada-class battleship canonical | 7 |
| Nevada class | 1 |
| Nevada-class battleships | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T419640 — 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: Nevada-class battleship Context triple: [BB-37, identifiesShipClass, Nevada-class battleship]
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Pennsylvania-class battleship
The Pennsylvania-class battleship was a pair of powerful U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that later served prominently in World War II, including at Pearl Harbor and in major Pacific campaigns.
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B.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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D.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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E.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
- 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: Nevada-class battleship Target entity description: The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
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A.
Pennsylvania-class battleship
The Pennsylvania-class battleship was a pair of powerful U.S. Navy dreadnoughts built during World War I that later served prominently in World War II, including at Pearl Harbor and in major Pacific campaigns.
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B.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, marking the end of the conflict.
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C.
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.
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D.
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship of the United States Navy that was sunk and later refloated and modernized after the Pearl Harbor attack, subsequently serving in major Pacific Theater operations during World War II.
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E.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battleship class
ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ |
| armamentType | naval artillery ⓘ |
| armorScheme | all-or-nothing armor ⓘ |
| armorType |
belt armor
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deck armor ⓘ turret armor ⓘ |
| beamApprox | 95 feet ⓘ |
| category |
Nevada-class battleship
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nevada-class battleships
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| commissionedStart | 1916 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| designedBy |
United States Navy Bureau of Ships
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surface form:
Bureau of Construction and Repair (U.S. Navy)
|
| designedFor | battle fleet operations ⓘ |
| designGoal | improved protection without excessive displacement increase ⓘ |
| era |
World War I era
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| fateOfClass | both ships lost or scrapped after World War II ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pennsylvania-class battleship ⓘ |
| fuelType | fuel oil ⓘ |
| gunArrangementInnovation | first U.S. battleship class with triple turrets ⓘ |
| hasPart |
USS Nevada (BB-36)
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) ⓘ |
| hullType | steel-hulled warship ⓘ |
| introduced | early 20th century ⓘ |
| laidDownStart | 1912 ⓘ |
| lengthOverallApprox | 583 feet ⓘ |
| mainBatteryCaliber | 14-inch (356 mm) guns ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | triple and twin turrets ⓘ |
| navalArchitectureInnovation | all-or-nothing armor scheme ⓘ |
| notableShip |
USS Nevada (BB-36)
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37) ⓘ |
| numberOfMainBatteryGuns | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfShips | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| precededBy | New York-class battleship ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsionInnovation | first U.S. battleship class with oil-fired propulsion ⓘ |
| propulsionType | oil-fired boilers ⓘ |
| replacedFuelType | coal ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
United States Navy
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surface form:
U.S. Navy
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| shipType | capital ship ⓘ |
| standardDisplacementApprox | 27500 long tons ⓘ |
| topSpeedApprox | 20.5 knots ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Navy battle line ⓘ |
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: Nevada-class battleship Description of subject: The Nevada-class battleship was a pair of early 20th-century U.S. Navy dreadnoughts that introduced major design innovations such as the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme and oil-fired propulsion.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nevada-class battleships
this entity surface form:
Nevada class