War of Jenkins' Ear
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The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91193 — 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: War of Jenkins' Ear Context triple: [George II of Great Britain, participatedIn, War of Jenkins' Ear]
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Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between European colonial powers and their Native American allies in the early 18th century.
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King George's War
King George's War was the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession (1744–1748), marked by colonial conflicts between British and French forces and their Indigenous allies in New England and eastern Canada.
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a major global conflict involving most of the great powers of the time, often considered the first "world war" due to its battles across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War was a major late 17th-century conflict in which a European coalition fought to check the expansionist ambitions of Louis XIV’s France.
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Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: War of Jenkins' Ear Target entity description: The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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A.
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought between European colonial powers and their Native American allies in the early 18th century.
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B.
King George's War
King George's War was the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession (1744–1748), marked by colonial conflicts between British and French forces and their Indigenous allies in New England and eastern Canada.
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C.
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a major global conflict involving most of the great powers of the time, often considered the first "world war" due to its battles across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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D.
Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War was a major late 17th-century conflict in which a European coalition fought to check the expansionist ambitions of Louis XIV’s France.
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E.
Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was a late 18th-century conflict in the Old Northwest between a confederation of Native American tribes, supported at times by the British, and the United States over control of the region following American independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War of Jenkins' Ear Description of subject: The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
subject surface form:
West Indies Station
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
subject surface form:
Edward Boscawen
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
this entity surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear