Cherbourg shipyard
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Cherbourg shipyard is a major French naval shipbuilding facility in Cherbourg, renowned for constructing advanced military vessels including nuclear-powered submarines.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cherbourg shipyard canonical | 3 |
| Cherbourg naval shipyard | 1 |
| Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11425382 — 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: Cherbourg shipyard Context triple: [Suffren-class nuclear attack submarines, constructionSite, Cherbourg shipyard]
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A.
Portsmouth shipyard
Portsmouth shipyard is a major Royal Navy dockyard and shipbuilding facility in Portsmouth, England, historically known for constructing and maintaining many of Britain’s warships.
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B.
Normandie dry dock
The Normandie dry dock was a massive naval repair facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, and a strategic target in World War II because it was one of the few docks capable of servicing Germany’s largest battleships.
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C.
Geoje Shipyard
Geoje Shipyard is one of the world’s largest and most advanced shipbuilding complexes, located on Geoje Island in South Korea and specializing in constructing high-tech vessels and offshore structures.
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D.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
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E.
Kiel Imperial Shipyard
Kiel Imperial Shipyard was a major German Imperial Navy shipbuilding facility in Kiel, renowned for constructing early dreadnought battleships and other warships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Cherbourg shipyard Target entity description: Cherbourg shipyard is a major French naval shipbuilding facility in Cherbourg, renowned for constructing advanced military vessels including nuclear-powered submarines.
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A.
Portsmouth shipyard
Portsmouth shipyard is a major Royal Navy dockyard and shipbuilding facility in Portsmouth, England, historically known for constructing and maintaining many of Britain’s warships.
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B.
Normandie dry dock
The Normandie dry dock was a massive naval repair facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, and a strategic target in World War II because it was one of the few docks capable of servicing Germany’s largest battleships.
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C.
Geoje Shipyard
Geoje Shipyard is one of the world’s largest and most advanced shipbuilding complexes, located on Geoje Island in South Korea and specializing in constructing high-tech vessels and offshore structures.
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D.
Eldean Shipyard
Eldean Shipyard is a full-service marina and boatyard located on Lake Macatawa in Michigan, known for its docking, storage, and marine maintenance services.
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E.
Kiel Imperial Shipyard
Kiel Imperial Shipyard was a major German Imperial Navy shipbuilding facility in Kiel, renowned for constructing early dreadnought battleships and other warships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial facility
ⓘ
naval shipyard ⓘ shipyard ⓘ |
| client | French Navy ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| employs |
engineers
ⓘ
naval architects ⓘ skilled shipyard workers ⓘ |
| formerName |
DCNS Cherbourg
ⓘ
linked to:
DCN Cherbourg
Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg ⓘ
linked to:
Cherbourg shipyard
|
| hasActivity |
ship construction
ⓘ
ship design ⓘ ship repair ⓘ submarine maintenance ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
construction of large pressure hulls
ⓘ
integration of advanced combat systems ⓘ integration of nuclear propulsion systems ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
dry docks
ⓘ
fitting-out basins ⓘ nuclear submarine construction infrastructure ⓘ submarine assembly halls ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manche department
ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ |
| location |
Cherbourg
ⓘ
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ⓘ
linked to:
Cherbourg
|
| notableFor |
construction of advanced military vessels
ⓘ
construction of nuclear-powered submarines ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine
ⓘ
linked to:
Barracuda-class submarine
Le Redoutable-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
linked to:
Redoutable-class ballistic missile submarine
Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine ⓘ
linked to:
Rubis-class nuclear attack submarines
Suffren-class nuclear attack submarine ⓘ
linked to:
Suffren-class nuclear attack submarines
Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Naval Group ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Naval Group ⓘ |
| partOf | French naval industrial base ⓘ |
| sector |
defense industry
ⓘ
shipbuilding industry ⓘ |
| serves |
French Ministry of Armed Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
|
| specializesIn |
attack submarines
ⓘ
ballistic missile submarines ⓘ military shipbuilding ⓘ nuclear-powered submarine construction ⓘ submarine construction ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key site for French nuclear deterrent at sea ⓘ |
| waterbody | English Channel ⓘ |
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: Cherbourg shipyard Description of subject: Cherbourg shipyard is a major French naval shipbuilding facility in Cherbourg, renowned for constructing advanced military vessels including nuclear-powered submarines.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cherbourg shipyard
linked to: Cherbourg shipyard