Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748)
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The Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748) was a significant naval engagement between British and French fleets off the coast of India during the War of the Austrian Succession, influencing the balance of colonial power in the Carnatic region.
All labels observed (1)
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| Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13916495 — 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: Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748) Context triple: [First Carnatic War, majorBattle, Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748)]
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Battle of Cuddalore (1758)
The Battle of Cuddalore (1758) was a naval engagement off the coast of India during the Seven Years' War, in which British and French fleets contested control of the Coromandel Coast.
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B.
Battle of Cuddalore (1783)
The Battle of Cuddalore (1783) was a late-stage naval and land engagement off the coast of India between British and French forces, fought during the American Revolutionary War and the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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C.
Battle of Cape Passaro
The Battle of Cape Passaro was a 1718 naval engagement off the coast of Sicily in which the British fleet decisively defeated the Spanish, helping to trigger and shape the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
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D.
Battle of Pondicherry (1759)
The Battle of Pondicherry (1759) was a naval engagement off the coast of French India during the Seven Years' War, where British and French fleets clashed without a decisive victor but with significant strategic implications for colonial control in the region.
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E.
Siege of Cuddalore (1783)
The Siege of Cuddalore (1783) was a late-stage engagement of the American Revolutionary War and the Second Anglo-Mysore War in which British forces besieged the French- and Mysorean-held port of Cuddalore on India’s Coromandel Coast.
- 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: Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748) Target entity description: The Naval Battle of Pondicherry (1748) was a significant naval engagement between British and French fleets off the coast of India during the War of the Austrian Succession, influencing the balance of colonial power in the Carnatic region.
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A.
Battle of Cuddalore (1758)
The Battle of Cuddalore (1758) was a naval engagement off the coast of India during the Seven Years' War, in which British and French fleets contested control of the Coromandel Coast.
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B.
Battle of Cuddalore (1783)
The Battle of Cuddalore (1783) was a late-stage naval and land engagement off the coast of India between British and French forces, fought during the American Revolutionary War and the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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C.
Battle of Cape Passaro
The Battle of Cape Passaro was a 1718 naval engagement off the coast of Sicily in which the British fleet decisively defeated the Spanish, helping to trigger and shape the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
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D.
Battle of Pondicherry (1759)
The Battle of Pondicherry (1759) was a naval engagement off the coast of French India during the Seven Years' War, where British and French fleets clashed without a decisive victor but with significant strategic implications for colonial control in the region.
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E.
Siege of Cuddalore (1783)
The Siege of Cuddalore (1783) was a late-stage engagement of the American Revolutionary War and the Second Anglo-Mysore War in which British forces besieged the French- and Mysorean-held port of Cuddalore on India’s Coromandel Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
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