CA-33
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Portland-class cruiser
United States Navy hull number
United States Navy ship
heavy cruiser
hull classification symbol
CA-33 was the hull classification symbol for USS Portland, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CA-33 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10540456 — 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: CA-33 Context triple: [USS Portland (CA-33), hullNumber, CA-33]
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A.
CA-36
CA-36 was the hull number of USS Minneapolis, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served prominently with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
CA-32
CA-32 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service during World War II.
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C.
CASA CN-235
The CASA CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military, maritime patrol, and regional cargo and passenger operations.
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D.
IAR 330 Puma
The IAR 330 Puma is a Romanian-built, license-produced variant of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter, used primarily for transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
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E.
CASA C-212 Aviocar
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a Spanish twin-turboprop, short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport aircraft widely used for military, cargo, and regional passenger 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: CA-33 Target entity description: CA-33 was the hull classification symbol for USS Portland, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
CA-36
CA-36 was the hull number of USS Minneapolis, a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that served prominently with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II.
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B.
CA-32
CA-32 is the hull classification symbol for USS New Orleans, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service during World War II.
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C.
CASA CN-235
The CASA CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft widely used for military, maritime patrol, and regional cargo and passenger operations.
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D.
IAR 330 Puma
The IAR 330 Puma is a Romanian-built, license-produced variant of the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter, used primarily for transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
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E.
CASA C-212 Aviocar
The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a Spanish twin-turboprop, short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility transport aircraft widely used for military, cargo, and regional passenger operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portland-class cruiser
ⓘ
United States Navy hull number ⓘ United States Navy ship ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ hull classification symbol ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| category |
Portland-class cruisers of the United States Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Portland-class cruiser
World War II cruisers of the United States ⓘ |
| class | Portland class ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| displacement | approximately 10,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| followedByClass | New Orleans-class cruiser ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CA-33 ⓘ |
| identifies | USS Portland (CA-33) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Portland, Maine ⓘ |
| navy |
U.S. Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Navy
|
| notableFor | extensive service in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval battles in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ |
| precededByClass | Northampton-class cruiser ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 8-inch naval guns ⓘ |
| role |
escort ship
ⓘ
shore bombardment ship ⓘ surface combatant ⓘ |
| sawActionIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
|
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: CA-33 Description of subject: CA-33 was the hull classification symbol for USS Portland, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive service in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
CA-33