Harpoon convoy
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Harpoon convoy was a World War II Allied naval operation in June 1942 that attempted to deliver vital supplies to the besieged island of Malta through heavy Axis opposition in the Mediterranean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harpoon convoy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22848433 — 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: Harpoon convoy Context triple: [Operation Harpoon, alsoKnownAs, Harpoon convoy]
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A.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
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D.
Convoy PQ 18
Convoy PQ 18 was a heavily escorted World War II Arctic convoy that suffered significant losses while delivering vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union.
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E.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
- 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: Harpoon convoy Target entity description: Harpoon convoy was a World War II Allied naval operation in June 1942 that attempted to deliver vital supplies to the besieged island of Malta through heavy Axis opposition in the Mediterranean.
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A.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
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D.
Convoy PQ 18
Convoy PQ 18 was a heavily escorted World War II Arctic convoy that suffered significant losses while delivering vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union.
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E.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.