Battle of Trincomalee
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The Battle of Trincomalee was a 1782 naval engagement off the coast of Sri Lanka during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under Admiral Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of a key Indian Ocean port.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Trincomalee (1782) | 3 |
| Battle of Trincomalee canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11181603 — 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 Trincomalee Context triple: [Battle of Cuddalore (1783), precededBy, Battle of Trincomalee]
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Battle of Ceylon
The Battle of Ceylon was a World War II naval and air engagement in April 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked British forces and installations around Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean.
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Battle of Singara
The Battle of Singara was a major 4th-century clash between the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Persians near the fortress city of Singara in Mesopotamia, notable for its heavy casualties and inconclusive outcome.
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Battle of Tanjore
The Battle of Tanjore was a significant 18th-century military engagement in southern India involving Mysore and British-aligned forces during the wider struggle for regional dominance.
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Battle of Ambon
The Battle of Ambon was a World War II clash in early 1942 in which Japanese forces overwhelmed Dutch and Australian defenders on the Indonesian island of Ambon, resulting in a decisive Japanese victory and subsequent atrocities against prisoners of war.
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Battle of the Badung Strait
The Battle of the Badung Strait was a World War II naval engagement in February 1942 in which Japanese forces repelled Allied attempts to disrupt their landings on Bali during the Dutch East Indies campaign.
- 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: Battle of Trincomalee Target entity description: The Battle of Trincomalee was a 1782 naval engagement off the coast of Sri Lanka during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under Admiral Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of a key Indian Ocean port.
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A.
Battle of Ceylon
The Battle of Ceylon was a World War II naval and air engagement in April 1942, when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked British forces and installations around Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Battle of Singara
The Battle of Singara was a major 4th-century clash between the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Persians near the fortress city of Singara in Mesopotamia, notable for its heavy casualties and inconclusive outcome.
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C.
Battle of Tanjore
The Battle of Tanjore was a significant 18th-century military engagement in southern India involving Mysore and British-aligned forces during the wider struggle for regional dominance.
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D.
Battle of Ambon
The Battle of Ambon was a World War II clash in early 1942 in which Japanese forces overwhelmed Dutch and Australian defenders on the Indonesian island of Ambon, resulting in a decisive Japanese victory and subsequent atrocities against prisoners of war.
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E.
Battle of the Badung Strait
The Battle of the Badung Strait was a World War II naval engagement in February 1942 in which Japanese forces repelled Allied attempts to disrupt their landings on Bali during the Dutch East Indies campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Trincomalee Description of subject: The Battle of Trincomalee was a 1782 naval engagement off the coast of Sri Lanka during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under Admiral Suffren clashed with the British Royal Navy for control of a key Indian Ocean port.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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