USS Boston vs Le Berceau
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USS Boston vs Le Berceau was a notable naval engagement of the Quasi-War in which the American frigate USS Boston captured the French corvette Le Berceau in the Caribbean.
All labels observed (1)
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| USS Boston vs Le Berceau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3155366 — 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)
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Target entity: USS Boston vs Le Berceau Context triple: [Quasi-War, notableEngagement, USS Boston vs Le Berceau]
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Battle off Cape Engaño
The Battle off Cape Engaño was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which U.S. carrier forces decimated a Japanese decoy carrier group during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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B.
Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
The Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a World War I naval operation in which British and allied forces contained and neutralized Russia’s German-opposed Baltic Fleet by restricting its movement and access to the wider seas.
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C.
Battle off Samar
The Battle off Samar was a dramatic World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which a small, outgunned U.S. escort carrier task unit unexpectedly fought off a much larger Japanese surface fleet near the Philippines.
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D.
Battle of Dutch Harbor
The Battle of Dutch Harbor was a World War II Japanese air attack on the U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942, marking one of the few enemy assaults on North American soil and a key event in the Aleutian Islands campaign.
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E.
Battle of Cape Engaño
The Battle of Cape Engaño was a major naval engagement of the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II, in which U.S. carrier forces destroyed the last operational Japanese aircraft carriers in a decisive victory.
- 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: USS Boston vs Le Berceau Target entity description: USS Boston vs Le Berceau was a notable naval engagement of the Quasi-War in which the American frigate USS Boston captured the French corvette Le Berceau in the Caribbean.
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A.
Battle off Cape Engaño
The Battle off Cape Engaño was a World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which U.S. carrier forces decimated a Japanese decoy carrier group during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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B.
Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet
The Blockade of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a World War I naval operation in which British and allied forces contained and neutralized Russia’s German-opposed Baltic Fleet by restricting its movement and access to the wider seas.
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C.
Battle off Samar
The Battle off Samar was a dramatic World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which a small, outgunned U.S. escort carrier task unit unexpectedly fought off a much larger Japanese surface fleet near the Philippines.
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D.
Battle of Dutch Harbor
The Battle of Dutch Harbor was a World War II Japanese air attack on the U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942, marking one of the few enemy assaults on North American soil and a key event in the Aleutian Islands campaign.
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E.
Battle of Cape Engaño
The Battle of Cape Engaño was a major naval engagement of the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II, in which U.S. carrier forces destroyed the last operational Japanese aircraft carriers in a decisive victory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
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naval battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French Republic
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United States of America ⓘ |
| campaign | naval operations in the Caribbean during the Quasi-War ⓘ |
| captorVessel | USS Boston ⓘ |
| capturedVessel | Le Berceau ⓘ |
| combatant |
French Navy
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| conflict | Quasi-War ⓘ |
| conflictType | naval engagement ⓘ |
| countryOfVictoriousSide | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| involvedShip |
Le Berceau
ⓘ
USS Boston ⓘ |
| location | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| notableFor | capture of the French corvette Le Berceau by the American frigate USS Boston ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
American frigate USS Boston
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French corvette Le Berceau ⓘ |
| partOf | Quasi-War ⓘ |
| result | American victory ⓘ |
| shipClassInvolved |
corvette
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frigate ⓘ |
| theater |
Quasi-War
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean theater of the Quasi-War
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Subject: USS Boston vs Le Berceau Description of subject: USS Boston vs Le Berceau was a notable naval engagement of the Quasi-War in which the American frigate USS Boston captured the French corvette Le Berceau in the Caribbean.
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