French invasion of Britain (1759)
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The French invasion of Britain (1759) was an aborted French military campaign during the Seven Years' War that aimed to land troops in Britain but was thwarted primarily by British naval victories.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11891075 — 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: French invasion of Britain (1759) Context triple: [Battle of Quiberon Bay, partOfCampaign, French invasion of Britain (1759)]
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French invasion of Fishguard
The French invasion of Fishguard was a brief and unsuccessful 1797 French military landing in Wales, remembered as the last time a foreign force attempted to invade mainland Britain.
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B.
French invasion of Scotland 1708
The French invasion of Scotland in 1708 was an abortive Jacobite expedition in which a French fleet attempted to land troops to restore James Francis Edward Stuart to the British throne.
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C.
Great Britain during the War of the Second Coalition
Great Britain during the War of the Second Coalition was a leading maritime and financial power that spearheaded European resistance against Revolutionary France through naval dominance, subsidies to continental allies, and campaigns in the Mediterranean and Low Countries.
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D.
Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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E.
French campaign of 1752
The French campaign of 1752 was a military expedition by French colonial forces during the Chickasaw Wars aimed at subduing the Chickasaw people and consolidating French influence in the lower Mississippi Valley.
- 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: French invasion of Britain (1759) Target entity description: The French invasion of Britain (1759) was an aborted French military campaign during the Seven Years' War that aimed to land troops in Britain but was thwarted primarily by British naval victories.
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A.
French invasion of Fishguard
The French invasion of Fishguard was a brief and unsuccessful 1797 French military landing in Wales, remembered as the last time a foreign force attempted to invade mainland Britain.
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B.
French invasion of Scotland 1708
The French invasion of Scotland in 1708 was an abortive Jacobite expedition in which a French fleet attempted to land troops to restore James Francis Edward Stuart to the British throne.
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C.
Great Britain during the War of the Second Coalition
Great Britain during the War of the Second Coalition was a leading maritime and financial power that spearheaded European resistance against Revolutionary France through naval dominance, subsidies to continental allies, and campaigns in the Mediterranean and Low Countries.
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D.
Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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E.
French campaign of 1752
The French campaign of 1752 was a military expedition by French colonial forces during the Chickasaw Wars aimed at subduing the Chickasaw people and consolidating French influence in the lower Mississippi Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of Quiberon Bay