Ostend Raid
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The Ostend Raid was a British naval operation during World War I aimed at blocking the German-occupied Belgian port of Ostend to restrict U-boat access to the North Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ostend Raid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14792423 — 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: Ostend Raid Context triple: [Roger Keyes, notableWork, Ostend Raid]
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A.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
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B.
Trent Affair
The Trent Affair was an 1861 diplomatic crisis during the American Civil War in which the U.S. Navy’s seizure of two Confederate envoys from a British mail steamer nearly provoked war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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C.
Andrews Raid
Andrews Raid was a daring Union Civil War mission in 1862 in which volunteers attempted to steal a Confederate train and disrupt vital rail lines in Georgia.
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D.
Corfu Channel incident
The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.
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E.
Vlieter Incident
The Vlieter Incident was a 1799 episode during the French Revolutionary Wars in which the Dutch fleet surrendered without a fight to the British, significantly aiding the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands.
- 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: Ostend Raid Target entity description: The Ostend Raid was a British naval operation during World War I aimed at blocking the German-occupied Belgian port of Ostend to restrict U-boat access to the North Sea.
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A.
Raid on Ogdensburg
The Raid on Ogdensburg was a British-Canadian cross-border attack on the American town of Ogdensburg, New York, during the War of 1812, aimed at disrupting U.S. operations along the St. Lawrence River.
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B.
Trent Affair
The Trent Affair was an 1861 diplomatic crisis during the American Civil War in which the U.S. Navy’s seizure of two Confederate envoys from a British mail steamer nearly provoked war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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C.
Andrews Raid
Andrews Raid was a daring Union Civil War mission in 1862 in which volunteers attempted to steal a Confederate train and disrupt vital rail lines in Georgia.
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D.
Corfu Channel incident
The Corfu Channel incident was a 1946 naval confrontation between the United Kingdom and Albania in the Strait of Corfu that led to significant loss of life and became a landmark case in international law before the International Court of Justice.
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E.
Vlieter Incident
The Vlieter Incident was a 1799 episode during the French Revolutionary Wars in which the Dutch fleet surrendered without a fight to the British, significantly aiding the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands.
- 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:
Roger Keyes