Battle of Negapatam (1782)
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The Battle of Negapatam (1782) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War era in the Indian Ocean, where French forces under Admiral Pierre André de Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of the Coromandel Coast.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Negapatam (1782) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18653428 — 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: Battle of Negapatam (1782) Context triple: [Pierre André de Suffren, notableBattle, Battle of Negapatam (1782)]
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Battle of Negapatam (1758)
The Battle of Negapatam (1758) was a naval engagement off the coast of India during the Seven Years' War, in which British and French fleets contested control of the Coromandel Coast.
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Battle of Sholinghur (1781)
The Battle of Sholinghur (1781) was a significant engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, where British forces under Sir Eyre Coote clashed with the army of Mysore led by Hyder Ali.
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C.
Battle of Pondicherry (1759)
The Battle of Pondicherry (1759) was a naval engagement off the coast of French India during the Seven Years' War, where British and French fleets clashed without a decisive victor but with significant strategic implications for colonial control in the region.
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D.
Battle of Pollilur (1780)
The Battle of Pollilur (1780) was a major victory of Mysore’s forces under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan over the British East India Company, marking one of the worst defeats the British suffered in India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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E.
Battle of Tanjore
The Battle of Tanjore was a significant 18th-century military engagement in southern India involving Mysore and British-aligned forces during the wider struggle for regional dominance.
- 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: Battle of Negapatam (1782) Target entity description: The Battle of Negapatam (1782) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War era in the Indian Ocean, where French forces under Admiral Pierre André de Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of the Coromandel Coast.
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A.
Battle of Negapatam (1758)
The Battle of Negapatam (1758) was a naval engagement off the coast of India during the Seven Years' War, in which British and French fleets contested control of the Coromandel Coast.
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B.
Battle of Sholinghur (1781)
The Battle of Sholinghur (1781) was a significant engagement in southern India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, where British forces under Sir Eyre Coote clashed with the army of Mysore led by Hyder Ali.
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C.
Battle of Pondicherry (1759)
The Battle of Pondicherry (1759) was a naval engagement off the coast of French India during the Seven Years' War, where British and French fleets clashed without a decisive victor but with significant strategic implications for colonial control in the region.
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D.
Battle of Pollilur (1780)
The Battle of Pollilur (1780) was a major victory of Mysore’s forces under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan over the British East India Company, marking one of the worst defeats the British suffered in India during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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E.
Battle of Tanjore
The Battle of Tanjore was a significant 18th-century military engagement in southern India involving Mysore and British-aligned forces during the wider struggle for regional dominance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.