Samuel B. Roberts
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Samuel B. Roberts was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel B. Roberts canonical | 1 |
| Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) | 1 |
| Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11716387 — 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: Samuel B. Roberts Context triple: [USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), namedAfter, Samuel B. Roberts]
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USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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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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USS Reliant
The USS Reliant is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
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USS Benson
USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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USS Callister
"USS Callister" is a critically acclaimed episode of the anthology series Black Mirror that satirizes classic space opera and explores themes of power, escapism, and digital consciousness.
- 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: Samuel B. Roberts Target entity description: Samuel B. Roberts was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
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A.
USS Cassin Young
USS Cassin Young is a preserved World War II-era Fletcher-class destroyer now serving as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts.
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B.
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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C.
USS Reliant
The USS Reliant is a Miranda-class Federation starship best known as the vessel commandeered by Khan Noonien Singh in the film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
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D.
USS Benson
USS Benson was a United States Navy Benson-class destroyer that served during World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters.
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E.
USS Callister
"USS Callister" is a critically acclaimed episode of the anthology series Black Mirror that satirizes classic space opera and explores themes of power, escapism, and digital consciousness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy sailor
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Navy Cross ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Guadalcanal
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World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| decoratedFor | extraordinary heroism in combat ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Roberts ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) ⓘ USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) ⓘ |
| honorificStatus | posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | coxswain ⓘ |
| namedAfterBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor | heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| occupation |
coxswain
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sailor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval operations around Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | United States Navy enlisted sailor (exact number unknown) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Samuel B. Roberts Description of subject: Samuel B. Roberts was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Samuel B. Roberts
linked to: Samuel B. Roberts