Battle of Cape Esperance
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The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Cape Esperance canonical | 19 |
| Cape Esperance | 4 |
| Battle of Cape Esperance (area operations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22932 — 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: Battle of Cape Esperance Context triple: [Battle of Guadalcanal, notableEngagement, Battle of Cape Esperance]
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Battle of Savo Island
The Battle of Savo Island was a major World War II night naval engagement in August 1942, in which Japanese forces inflicted a devastating defeat on Allied cruisers near Guadalcanal.
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Battle of the Eastern Solomons
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was a major 1942 carrier battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought between U.S. and Japanese naval forces as part of the struggle for control of Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands.
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Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major 1942 naval engagement between the United States and Japan, notable as the first carrier-versus-carrier battle fought entirely by aircraft without opposing ships directly sighting or firing upon each other.
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Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Cape Esperance Target entity description: The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.
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A.
Battle of Savo Island
The Battle of Savo Island was a major World War II night naval engagement in August 1942, in which Japanese forces inflicted a devastating defeat on Allied cruisers near Guadalcanal.
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B.
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was a major 1942 carrier battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, fought between U.S. and Japanese naval forces as part of the struggle for control of Guadalcanal and the surrounding Solomon Islands.
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C.
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major 1942 naval engagement between the United States and Japan, notable as the first carrier-versus-carrier battle fought entirely by aircraft without opposing ships directly sighting or firing upon each other.
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D.
Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
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E.
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Cape Esperance Description of subject: The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cape Esperance
subject surface form:
Norman Scott
this entity surface form:
Cape Esperance
subject surface form:
USS Duncan (DD-485)
this entity surface form:
Cape Esperance
this entity surface form:
Battle of Cape Esperance (area operations)
this entity surface form:
Cape Esperance