BB-42
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BB-42 is the hull classification symbol for USS Idaho, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BB-42 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7841128 — 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: BB-42 Context triple: [USS Idaho (BB-42), hullNumber, BB-42]
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A.
BB-47
BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
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B.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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C.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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D.
BB-41
BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
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E.
BB-40
BB-40 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Mexico, a U.S. Navy battleship that served primarily during the early to mid-20th century, including World War II.
- 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: BB-42 Target entity description: BB-42 is the hull classification symbol for USS Idaho, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
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A.
BB-47
BB-47 was the hull number assigned to the canceled South Dakota–class battleship USS Washington, a U.S. Navy capital ship scrapped under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before completion.
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B.
BB-44
BB-44 was the hull classification symbol for USS California, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served notably during World War II.
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C.
BB-43
BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.
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D.
BB-41
BB-41 is the hull classification symbol for USS Mississippi, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
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E.
BB-40
BB-40 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Mexico, a U.S. Navy battleship that served primarily during the early to mid-20th century, including World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy hull number
ⓘ
hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| appliesToShipClass |
New Mexico-class battleship
ⓘ
battleship ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | Idaho ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| denotes | USS Idaho ⓘ |
| designationSystem | U.S. Navy hull classification system ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPrefix | BB ⓘ |
| hasSisterShip |
BB-40
ⓘ
BB-41 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Idaho ⓘ |
| namedAfterEntityType | U.S. state ⓘ |
| navalTheater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| numericIdentifier | 42 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | United States battleship fleet ⓘ |
| role |
capital ship
ⓘ
naval gunfire support ship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | New Mexico class ⓘ |
| shipName | USS Idaho ⓘ |
| shipType | dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| symbolType | alphanumeric hull code ⓘ |
| usedIn |
coastal bombardment
ⓘ
fleet operations ⓘ |
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: BB-42 Description of subject: BB-42 is the hull classification symbol for USS Idaho, a New Mexico-class battleship that served in the United States Navy during both World Wars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.