HMS Cornwallis
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HMS Cornwallis was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that served as the venue for the signing of the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War between Britain and China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Cornwallis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2699076 — 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: HMS Cornwallis Context triple: [Treaty of Nanking, signedAt, HMS Cornwallis]
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A.
HMS Cornwall
HMS Cornwall was a British Royal Navy County-class heavy cruiser that served during World War II, notably in the Indian Ocean before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942.
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B.
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Queen Charlotte was a British Royal Navy warship that fought in the War of 1812, most notably in the Battle of Lake Erie.
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C.
HMS Levant
HMS Levant was a British Royal Navy warship of the Age of Sail, best known as one of the vessels captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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D.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
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E.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
- 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: HMS Cornwallis Target entity description: HMS Cornwallis was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that served as the venue for the signing of the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War between Britain and China.
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A.
HMS Cornwall
HMS Cornwall was a British Royal Navy County-class heavy cruiser that served during World War II, notably in the Indian Ocean before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942.
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B.
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Queen Charlotte was a British Royal Navy warship that fought in the War of 1812, most notably in the Battle of Lake Erie.
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C.
HMS Levant
HMS Levant was a British Royal Navy warship of the Age of Sail, best known as one of the vessels captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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D.
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.
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E.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British informal empire in China
ⓘ
surface form:
British Empire in China
British diplomacy in China ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Qing dynasty China
Treaty of Nanking ⓘ unequal treaties in China ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century ships of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ Warships involved in the Opium Wars ⓘ |
| conflict |
Anglo-Chinese War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Opium War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era |
19th-century naval warfare
ⓘ
Age of Sail ⓘ |
| eventDate | 1842 ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| hasArmament |
broadside cannon
ⓘ
multiple gun decks ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | site of signing of the Treaty of Nanking ⓘ |
| hasType | wooden sailing warship ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent |
Nanjing
ⓘ
surface form:
Nanking
Yangtze River ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Treaty of Nanking ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Charles Cornwallis
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
|
| notableFor |
being the venue for the signing of the Treaty of Nanking
ⓘ
service in East Asian waters ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Anglo-Chinese War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Opium War
|
| partOf |
British China Station forces
ⓘ
Royal Navy ships on the China coast ⓘ |
| role |
flagship (during China operations)
ⓘ
line-of-battle ship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Treaty of Nanking signing venue ⓘ |
| treatyEnded |
Anglo-Chinese War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Opium War
|
| treatySignedOnboard | Treaty of Nanking ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diplomatic negotiations
ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Cornwallis Description of subject: HMS Cornwallis was a British Royal Navy ship of the line that served as the venue for the signing of the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War between Britain and China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.