Raid on Terschelling
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The Raid on Terschelling was a 1666 English naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which the town of West-Terschelling in the Dutch Republic was burned and destroyed.
All labels observed (1)
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| Raid on Terschelling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22408233 — 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: Raid on Terschelling Context triple: [Holmes's Bonfire, alsoKnownAs, Raid on Terschelling]
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A.
assault on Westkapelle
The assault on Westkapelle was a major Allied amphibious landing and bombardment in November 1944 aimed at breaching the sea defenses of Walcheren Island to open the port of Antwerp during World War II.
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B.
Vlieter Incident
The Vlieter Incident was a 1799 episode during the French Revolutionary Wars in which the Dutch fleet surrendered without a fight to the British, significantly aiding the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands.
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C.
Raid on Le Havre
The Raid on Le Havre was a 1759 British naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre during the Seven Years' War, aimed at destroying invasion craft and weakening France’s capacity to threaten Britain.
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D.
Zeebrugge Raid
The Zeebrugge Raid was a British naval assault during World War I aimed at blocking the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to restrict German U-boat access to the North Sea.
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E.
Bombing of Rotterdam
The Bombing of Rotterdam was a devastating German aerial attack on the Dutch city of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940 that destroyed much of the historic center and forced the Netherlands to capitulate early in World War II.
- 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 Terschelling Target entity description: The Raid on Terschelling was a 1666 English naval attack during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which the town of West-Terschelling in the Dutch Republic was burned and destroyed.
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A.
assault on Westkapelle
The assault on Westkapelle was a major Allied amphibious landing and bombardment in November 1944 aimed at breaching the sea defenses of Walcheren Island to open the port of Antwerp during World War II.
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B.
Vlieter Incident
The Vlieter Incident was a 1799 episode during the French Revolutionary Wars in which the Dutch fleet surrendered without a fight to the British, significantly aiding the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands.
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C.
Raid on Le Havre
The Raid on Le Havre was a 1759 British naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre during the Seven Years' War, aimed at destroying invasion craft and weakening France’s capacity to threaten Britain.
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D.
Zeebrugge Raid
The Zeebrugge Raid was a British naval assault during World War I aimed at blocking the Belgian port of Zeebrugge to restrict German U-boat access to the North Sea.
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E.
Bombing of Rotterdam
The Bombing of Rotterdam was a devastating German aerial attack on the Dutch city of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940 that destroyed much of the historic center and forced the Netherlands to capitulate early in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
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