Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
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Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II–era American shipyard company in the Pacific Northwest that constructed numerous U.S. Navy vessels, including destroyers and escort carriers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11574893 — 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: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Context triple: [USS Johnston (DD-557), builder, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation]
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A.
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era shipyard in Portland, Oregon, that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
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B.
California Shipbuilding Corporation
California Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era American shipyard in Los Angeles that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
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C.
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards were a major World War II shipbuilding complex in Richmond, California, renowned for their mass-production of Liberty and Victory ships and pioneering labor and industrial practices.
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D.
Marinship shipyards
Marinship shipyards was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility in Sausalito, California, known for rapidly producing Liberty ships and tankers for the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
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E.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
- 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: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Target entity description: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II–era American shipyard company in the Pacific Northwest that constructed numerous U.S. Navy vessels, including destroyers and escort carriers.
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A.
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era shipyard in Portland, Oregon, that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
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B.
California Shipbuilding Corporation
California Shipbuilding Corporation was a major World War II-era American shipyard in Los Angeles that mass-produced Liberty and Victory ships for the U.S. war effort.
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C.
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards
Kaiser Richmond Shipyards were a major World War II shipbuilding complex in Richmond, California, renowned for their mass-production of Liberty and Victory ships and pioneering labor and industrial practices.
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D.
Marinship shipyards
Marinship shipyards was a major World War II-era shipbuilding facility in Sausalito, California, known for rapidly producing Liberty ships and tankers for the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine.
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E.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a major American shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, best known for constructing U.S. Navy warships including numerous modern destroyers and amphibious assault ships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defense contractor
ⓘ
shipbuilding company ⓘ |
| activity | design and construction of naval vessels ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Navy ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| industry | shipbuilding ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| notableFor |
construction of U.S. Navy destroyers during World War II
ⓘ
construction of U.S. Navy escort carriers during World War II ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| partOf | United States wartime shipbuilding program ⓘ |
| product |
destroyers
ⓘ
escort carriers ⓘ warships ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| servedBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| type | private company ⓘ |
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: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Description of subject: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation was a World War II–era American shipyard company in the Pacific Northwest that constructed numerous U.S. Navy vessels, including destroyers and escort carriers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.