The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet
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*The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet Context triple: [Revenge, depictedIn, The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet]
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
Phantom Ship
Phantom Ship is a small, jagged island in Oregon’s Crater Lake that resembles a ghostly sailing ship and is one of the lake’s most iconic natural rock formations.
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C.
Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire is a famous 19th-century Romantic ballet, inspired by Lord Byron’s poem, that follows the adventures of a dashing pirate and is renowned for its virtuosic choreography and dramatic storytelling.
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D.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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E.
British fleet at Porto Bello
The British fleet at Porto Bello was the naval force that captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo (in present-day Panama) in 1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear under Admiral Edward Vernon.
- 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: The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet Target entity description: *The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
Phantom Ship
Phantom Ship is a small, jagged island in Oregon’s Crater Lake that resembles a ghostly sailing ship and is one of the lake’s most iconic natural rock formations.
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C.
Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire is a famous 19th-century Romantic ballet, inspired by Lord Byron’s poem, that follows the adventures of a dashing pirate and is renowned for its virtuosic choreography and dramatic storytelling.
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D.
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent swashbuckler film starring Douglas Fairbanks, renowned for its pioneering use of early two-color Technicolor and acrobatic action sequences.
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E.
British fleet at Porto Bello
The British fleet at Porto Bello was the naval force that captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo (in present-day Panama) in 1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear under Admiral Edward Vernon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British naval tradition
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legend of Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ |
| author |
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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surface form:
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ |
| centralObject |
Revenge (English galleon)
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surface form:
English ship Revenge
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ |
| depicts |
English sailors
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Spanish naval forces ⓘ |
| genre |
heroic poetry
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historical poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet self-link ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dramatic narration
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repetition ⓘ rhythmic ballad stanza ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| meter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
battle between English and Spanish fleets
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siege and destruction of the Revenge ⓘ |
| setting |
Azores
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Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
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| subject |
Anglo-Spanish naval warfare
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Revenge (English galleon) ⓘ Sir Richard Grenville ⓘ heroism in battle ⓘ last stand ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
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duty unto death ⓘ honor ⓘ odds and sacrifice ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
16th century
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Tudor England ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan era
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Subject: The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet Description of subject: *The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.
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