Capture of St. Vincent (1779)
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The Capture of St. Vincent (1779) was a British-held Caribbean island’s seizure by French forces during the American Revolutionary War, contributing to France’s strategic gains in the West Indies.
All labels observed (1)
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| Capture of St. Vincent (1779) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14754423 — 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: Capture of St. Vincent (1779) Context triple: [Battle of Grenada, precededBy, Capture of St. Vincent (1779)]
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A.
Battle of Ushant (1778)
The Battle of Ushant (1778) was an indecisive naval engagement between British and French fleets during the American Revolutionary War, notable for its political fallout in Britain and the involvement of major ships of the line like HMS Victory.
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B.
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which a British fleet under Admiral George Brydges Rodney decisively defeated a Spanish squadron off Portugal’s southwestern coast.
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C.
HMS Serapis captured by American squadron
HMS Serapis captured by American squadron was the British warship famously seized by John Paul Jones’s Continental Navy squadron during the 1779 Battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Battle of St. Lucia (1778)
The Battle of St. Lucia (1778) was a naval and land engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British forces successfully defended the Caribbean island of St. Lucia against a larger French fleet and invasion force.
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E.
British capture of Augusta (1779)
The British capture of Augusta (1779) was a Revolutionary War operation in which British forces seized the strategic backcountry town of Augusta, Georgia, helping to consolidate their control over the southern colonies.
- 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: Capture of St. Vincent (1779) Target entity description: The Capture of St. Vincent (1779) was a British-held Caribbean island’s seizure by French forces during the American Revolutionary War, contributing to France’s strategic gains in the West Indies.
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A.
Battle of Ushant (1778)
The Battle of Ushant (1778) was an indecisive naval engagement between British and French fleets during the American Revolutionary War, notable for its political fallout in Britain and the involvement of major ships of the line like HMS Victory.
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B.
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) was a major naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which a British fleet under Admiral George Brydges Rodney decisively defeated a Spanish squadron off Portugal’s southwestern coast.
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C.
HMS Serapis captured by American squadron
HMS Serapis captured by American squadron was the British warship famously seized by John Paul Jones’s Continental Navy squadron during the 1779 Battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Battle of St. Lucia (1778)
The Battle of St. Lucia (1778) was a naval and land engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British forces successfully defended the Caribbean island of St. Lucia against a larger French fleet and invasion force.
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E.
British capture of Augusta (1779)
The British capture of Augusta (1779) was a Revolutionary War operation in which British forces seized the strategic backcountry town of Augusta, Georgia, helping to consolidate their control over the southern colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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