Japanese submarine RO-108
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Japanese submarine RO-108 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ro-100-class coastal submarine that operated in the Pacific during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese submarine RO-108 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11043624 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese submarine RO-108 Context triple: [USS Henley (DD-391), attackedBy, Japanese submarine RO-108]
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A.
Japanese submarine I-58
Japanese submarine I-58 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B3 type cruiser submarine best known for torpedoing and sinking the USS Indianapolis near the end of World War II.
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B.
Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
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C.
Japanese destroyer Oshio
The Japanese destroyer Oshio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War, including major actions in the Netherlands East Indies campaign.
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D.
Japanese destroyer Kasumi
Japanese destroyer Kasumi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served extensively in World War II, including as an escort in major operations such as the Ten-Go sortie.
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E.
Japanese destroyer Arashio
Japanese destroyer Arashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served actively in World War II, participating in numerous Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese submarine RO-108 Target entity description: Japanese submarine RO-108 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ro-100-class coastal submarine that operated in the Pacific during World War II.
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A.
Japanese submarine I-58
Japanese submarine I-58 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B3 type cruiser submarine best known for torpedoing and sinking the USS Indianapolis near the end of World War II.
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B.
Japanese submarine I-168
Japanese submarine I-168 was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet submarine best known for its role in the Battle of Midway, where it torpedoed and sank the damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann.
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C.
Japanese destroyer Oshio
The Japanese destroyer Oshio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War, including major actions in the Netherlands East Indies campaign.
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D.
Japanese destroyer Kasumi
Japanese destroyer Kasumi was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served extensively in World War II, including as an escort in major operations such as the Ten-Go sortie.
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E.
Japanese destroyer Arashio
Japanese destroyer Arashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served actively in World War II, participating in numerous Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
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Ro-100-class submarine ⓘ World War II submarine ⓘ |
| builtFor | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| class | Ro-100 class ⓘ |
| classRole |
coastal defense
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patrol submarine ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
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| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| designation | RO-108 ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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linked to:
World War II
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| hullNumber | RO-108 ⓘ |
| navalCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine force
|
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Imperial Japanese Navy submarine operations in the Pacific ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Japanese Navy ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| theater |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ |
| type | coastal submarine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
naval warfare
ⓘ
submarine warfare in the Pacific ⓘ |
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 submarine RO-108 Description of subject: Japanese submarine RO-108 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ro-100-class coastal submarine that operated in the Pacific during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.