Convoy PQ 18
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Convoy PQ 18 was a heavily escorted World War II Arctic convoy that suffered significant losses while delivering vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Convoy PQ 18 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15222303 — 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: Convoy PQ 18 Context triple: [Murmansk Run, notableConvoy, Convoy PQ 18]
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A.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
Convoy
Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
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D.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
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E.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
- 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: Convoy PQ 18 Target entity description: Convoy PQ 18 was a heavily escorted World War II Arctic convoy that suffered significant losses while delivering vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union.
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A.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
Convoy
Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
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D.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
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E.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.