Battle of the Java Sea

Target entity: Battle of the Java Sea
Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, engagedIn, Battle of the Java Sea]

• A. 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.
• B. Battle of Rennell Island
  The Battle of Rennell Island was a late January 1943 naval air engagement in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in which Japanese aircraft attacked and sank or damaged U.S. warships as American forces covered the final stages of the Guadalcanal campaign.
• C. 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.
• 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.
• E. Battle of Cape Esperance
  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.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of the Java Sea
Target entity description: The Battle of the Java Sea was a major World War II naval engagement in early 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated an Allied fleet, leading to the fall of the Dutch East Indies.

• A. 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.
• B. Battle of Rennell Island
  The Battle of Rennell Island was a late January 1943 naval air engagement in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in which Japanese aircraft attacked and sank or damaged U.S. warships as American forces covered the final stages of the Guadalcanal campaign.
• C. 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.
• 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.
• E. Battle of Cape Esperance
  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.
• F. None of above. chosen