Dahlgren gun
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The Dahlgren gun is a distinctive, bottle-shaped naval cannon developed in the mid-19th century for the U.S. Navy, renowned for its improved safety and effectiveness in shipboard artillery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dahlgren gun canonical | 1 |
| Dahlgren shell gun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16127282 — 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: Dahlgren gun Context triple: [John A. Dahlgren, notableWork, Dahlgren gun]
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Whitworth rifle
The Whitworth rifle was a highly accurate, long-range British-made rifled cannon and small arms design used during the American Civil War, noted for its distinctive hexagonal bore and exceptional precision.
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B.
Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket
The Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber, percussion, rifled long arm used by the U.S. military in the mid-19th century and is notable as an early standard-issue American rifled musket.
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C.
Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle
The Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle was an early 19th-century American military flintlock rifle, notable as one of the first standardized U.S. service rifles and widely used during the War of 1812.
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D.
Ferguson rifle
The Ferguson rifle was an innovative 18th-century British breech-loading flintlock firearm, notable for its rapid rate of fire and association with Major Patrick Ferguson during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Dreyse needle gun
The Dreyse needle gun was a pioneering 19th-century Prussian bolt-action breech-loading rifle that gave its users a significant rate-of-fire advantage in battles such as those of the Franco-Prussian War.
- 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: Dahlgren gun Target entity description: The Dahlgren gun is a distinctive, bottle-shaped naval cannon developed in the mid-19th century for the U.S. Navy, renowned for its improved safety and effectiveness in shipboard artillery.
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A.
Whitworth rifle
The Whitworth rifle was a highly accurate, long-range British-made rifled cannon and small arms design used during the American Civil War, noted for its distinctive hexagonal bore and exceptional precision.
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B.
Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket
The Harpers Ferry Model 1855 rifle-musket was a .58 caliber, percussion, rifled long arm used by the U.S. military in the mid-19th century and is notable as an early standard-issue American rifled musket.
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C.
Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle
The Harpers Ferry Model 1803 rifle was an early 19th-century American military flintlock rifle, notable as one of the first standardized U.S. service rifles and widely used during the War of 1812.
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D.
Ferguson rifle
The Ferguson rifle was an innovative 18th-century British breech-loading flintlock firearm, notable for its rapid rate of fire and association with Major Patrick Ferguson during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Dreyse needle gun
The Dreyse needle gun was a pioneering 19th-century Prussian bolt-action breech-loading rifle that gave its users a significant rate-of-fire advantage in battles such as those of the Franco-Prussian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dahlgren shell gun