screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama
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The screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama was a famed Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping worldwide before being sunk off Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21020309 — 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: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, shipTypeConfederate, screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama]
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A.
Sloop Greer
Sloop Greer is a character in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel "Echo Burning," involved in the tense family and legal conflicts at the heart of the story.
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B.
U.S. Brig Niagara
U.S. Brig Niagara is a reconstructed early 19th-century American warship best known for her role as Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
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C.
USS Cumberland
USS Cumberland was a 19th-century United States Navy sailing frigate best known for her service in the Mexican–American War and her dramatic sinking by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
USS Columbia
USS Columbia was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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E.
USS Guerriere
USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
- 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: screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama Target entity description: The screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama was a famed Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War, notorious for disrupting Union merchant shipping worldwide before being sunk off Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
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A.
Sloop Greer
Sloop Greer is a character in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novel "Echo Burning," involved in the tense family and legal conflicts at the heart of the story.
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B.
U.S. Brig Niagara
U.S. Brig Niagara is a reconstructed early 19th-century American warship best known for her role as Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
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C.
USS Cumberland
USS Cumberland was a 19th-century United States Navy sailing frigate best known for her service in the Mexican–American War and her dramatic sinking by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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D.
USS Columbia
USS Columbia was a U.S. Navy light cruiser that saw significant combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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E.
USS Guerriere
USS Guerriere was a U.S. Navy frigate of the early 19th century, notable for its service during the post-War of 1812 era under prominent American naval officers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.