Japanese carrier Shoho
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Japanese carrier Shoho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese carrier Shoho canonical | 1 |
| aircraft carrier Shōhō | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7854856 — 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: Japanese carrier Shoho Context triple: [Japanese carrier Zuiho, sisterShip, Japanese carrier Shoho]
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Japanese carrier Hiyo
Japanese carrier Hiyo was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier of World War II that saw major action in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944.
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B.
Japanese carrier Taiho
Japanese carrier Taiho was an advanced Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, notable as Japan’s first armored-deck carrier and sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
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C.
Japanese carrier Zuiho
Japanese carrier Zuiho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major Pacific engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese carrier Junyo
Japanese carrier Junyo was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II, including major Pacific engagements before being heavily damaged and rendered inactive late in the war.
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E.
Japanese carrier Shokaku
Japanese carrier Shokaku was a major Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, renowned for its role in early Pacific War battles before being sunk in 1944.
- 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: Japanese carrier Shoho Target entity description: Japanese carrier Shoho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
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A.
Japanese carrier Hiyo
Japanese carrier Hiyo was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier of World War II that saw major action in the Pacific before being sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in 1944.
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B.
Japanese carrier Taiho
Japanese carrier Taiho was an advanced Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, notable as Japan’s first armored-deck carrier and sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
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C.
Japanese carrier Zuiho
Japanese carrier Zuiho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major Pacific engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese carrier Junyo
Japanese carrier Junyo was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that saw extensive service in World War II, including major Pacific engagements before being heavily damaged and rendered inactive late in the war.
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E.
Japanese carrier Shokaku
Japanese carrier Shokaku was a major Imperial Japanese Navy fleet aircraft carrier, renowned for its role in early Pacific War battles before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
ⓘ
light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| armedForceBranch | naval aviation support ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II in the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| era | World War II-era warship ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early loss that influenced Japanese carrier strength in 1942 ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTheater | South West Pacific Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Japanese aircraft carrier sunk in World War II
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first Japanese carrier sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Coral Sea
NERFINISHED
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Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| role | aircraft transport and fleet carrier support ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1942 ⓘ |
| shipClass | light aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | 1942-05-07 ⓘ |
| status | lost in action ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
United States Navy aircraft
NERFINISHED
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carrier-based aircraft from USS Lexington ⓘ carrier-based aircraft from USS Yorktown ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Japanese carrier Shoho Description of subject: Japanese carrier Shoho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
aircraft carrier Shōhō