Raid on Nassau
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The Raid on Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War naval expedition in which Continental forces captured British military supplies from the Bahamas in one of the first amphibious assaults in U.S. history.
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| Raid on Nassau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19562535 — 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: Raid on Nassau Context triple: [USS Andrew Doria, operation, Raid on Nassau]
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Raid on Black Rock
Raid on Black Rock was a War of 1812 cross-border attack by British and Canadian forces against the American town of Black Rock, New York.
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B.
British raid on New London, Connecticut
The British raid on New London, Connecticut was a devastating 1781 Revolutionary War attack in which British forces under American turncoat Benedict Arnold burned much of the town and captured nearby Fort Griswold.
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C.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
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British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
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E.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
- 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: Raid on Nassau Target entity description: The Raid on Nassau was a 1776 American Revolutionary War naval expedition in which Continental forces captured British military supplies from the Bahamas in one of the first amphibious assaults in U.S. history.
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A.
Raid on Black Rock
Raid on Black Rock was a War of 1812 cross-border attack by British and Canadian forces against the American town of Black Rock, New York.
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B.
British raid on New London, Connecticut
The British raid on New London, Connecticut was a devastating 1781 Revolutionary War attack in which British forces under American turncoat Benedict Arnold burned much of the town and captured nearby Fort Griswold.
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C.
Capture of Ponce
The Capture of Ponce was a key 1898 U.S. military operation during the Spanish–American War in which American forces seized the strategic Puerto Rican port city of Ponce from Spain, helping secure control of the island.
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D.
British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
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E.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
- F. None of above. chosen
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