HMS Spencer
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HMS Spencer was a British Royal Navy warship, notably a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Spencer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5660978 — 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: HMS Spencer Context triple: [Participation in the Battle of San Domingo, involvesShip, HMS Spencer]
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A.
HMS Onslow
HMS Onslow was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served with distinction during World War II, notably in Arctic convoy operations.
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B.
HMS Eridge
HMS Eridge was a Royal Navy Hunt-class escort destroyer that served during World War II, notably in Mediterranean convoy and escort operations.
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C.
HMS Elephant
HMS Elephant was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
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D.
HMS Berwick
HMS Berwick was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served in the 18th century and is notably associated with the early career of Admiral Edward Hawke.
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E.
HMS Captain
HMS Captain was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
- 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: HMS Spencer Target entity description: HMS Spencer was a British Royal Navy warship, notably a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
HMS Onslow
HMS Onslow was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served with distinction during World War II, notably in Arctic convoy operations.
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B.
HMS Eridge
HMS Eridge was a Royal Navy Hunt-class escort destroyer that served during World War II, notably in Mediterranean convoy and escort operations.
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C.
HMS Elephant
HMS Elephant was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
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D.
HMS Berwick
HMS Berwick was a Royal Navy ship of the line that served in the 18th century and is notably associated with the early career of Admiral Edward Hawke.
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E.
HMS Captain
HMS Captain was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy, notable for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ third-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentType | broadside cannon ⓘ |
| armedWith | 74 guns ⓘ |
| category |
74-gun ships of the line
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Napoleonic-era ships of the line of the United Kingdom ⓘ Ships of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| class | 74-gun ship of the line ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor | line-of-battle tactics ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| gunDecks | two gun decks ⓘ |
| navalTheatre | French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeriodOfService | early 19th century ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rate | third rate ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | ship of the line ⓘ |
| usedFor |
blockade duty
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fleet actions ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Spencer Description of subject: HMS Spencer was a British Royal Navy warship, notably a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line that served during the Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.