Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū
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Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, where it was ultimately sunk.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū canonical | 1 |
| Soryu aircraft carrier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12146548 — 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 aircraft carrier Sōryū Context triple: [Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū, sisterShip, Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū]
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Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū was a fleet carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
The Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was a converted battleship and one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s key fleet carriers in the early Pacific War, playing a major role in the attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942.
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Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several major Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- 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: Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū Target entity description: Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū was an Imperial Japanese Navy fleet carrier that played a major role in early Pacific War operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, where it was ultimately sunk.
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A.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū was a fleet carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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B.
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
The Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga was a converted battleship and one of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s key fleet carriers in the early Pacific War, playing a major role in the attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō was the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier to enter service, playing a pioneering role in the development of naval aviation for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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D.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942.
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E.
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in several major Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū