USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
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USS John C. Butler (DE-339) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific during World War II, including the Battle off Samar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| USS John C. Butler (DE-339) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11324278 — 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: USS John C. Butler (DE-339) Context triple: [Taffy 3, hasPart, USS John C. Butler (DE-339)]
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A.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort famed for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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B.
USS Flaherty (DE-135)
USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that served primarily in Atlantic convoy and anti-submarine operations during World War II.
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C.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
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E.
USS Heermann (DD-532)
USS Heermann (DD-532) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy renowned for its courageous actions against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in 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: USS John C. Butler (DE-339) Target entity description: USS John C. Butler (DE-339) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific during World War II, including the Battle off Samar.
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A.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler–class destroyer escort famed for its heroic, outgunned charge against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
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B.
USS Flaherty (DE-135)
USS Flaherty (DE-135) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that served primarily in Atlantic convoy and anti-submarine operations during World War II.
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C.
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Ellet (DD-398) was a U.S. Navy destroyer that served extensively in the Pacific during World War II, participating in major campaigns including Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands.
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D.
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Benham (DD-397) was a United States Navy destroyer that served prominently in the Pacific during World War II as the lead ship of her class.
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E.
USS Heermann (DD-532)
USS Heermann (DD-532) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy renowned for its courageous actions against a superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II naval ship
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destroyer escort ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| alliance | Allied forces ⓘ |
| armedForce | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Taffy 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classOf | John C. Butler-class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| hullNumber | DE-339 ⓘ |
| locationOfOperations |
Philippine Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
waters off Samar Island ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John C. Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalShipClass | John C. Butler-class destroyer escort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Taffy 3 ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Battle off Samar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle off Samar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Task Unit 77.4.3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
anti-submarine warfare
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convoy escort ⓘ |
| service | United States Navy Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | decommissioned ⓘ |
| shipType | destroyer escort ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Battle of Leyte Gulf 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: USS John C. Butler (DE-339) Description of subject: USS John C. Butler (DE-339) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy that saw notable action in the Pacific during World War II, including the Battle off Samar.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.