Battle of Jenkins' Ear
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The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, sparked by a notorious maritime incident, that formed part of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Jenkins' Ear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4698256 — 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: Battle of Jenkins' Ear Context triple: [Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident), hasPartOfName, Battle of Jenkins' Ear]
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Battle of Cape St. George
The Battle of Cape St. George was a World War II naval engagement in November 1943 in which U.S. destroyers decisively defeated a Japanese destroyer force off New Ireland, marking one of the last and most successful surface actions of the Pacific war.
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Battle of Cape George
The Battle of Cape George was a 1781 naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British and French forces clashed off the coast of Nova Scotia as part of the wider Atlantic theater of the conflict.
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Battle of Cape Ortegal
The Battle of Cape Ortegal was a 1805 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British squadron decisively defeated a remnant of the Franco-Spanish fleet shortly after Trafalgar.
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Battle of Solebay
The Battle of Solebay was a major 1672 naval engagement between the English-French fleet and the Dutch Republic during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, noted for its heavy losses and inconclusive outcome.
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Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
- 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: Battle of Jenkins' Ear Target entity description: The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, sparked by a notorious maritime incident, that formed part of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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A.
Battle of Cape St. George
The Battle of Cape St. George was a World War II naval engagement in November 1943 in which U.S. destroyers decisively defeated a Japanese destroyer force off New Ireland, marking one of the last and most successful surface actions of the Pacific war.
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B.
Battle of Cape George
The Battle of Cape George was a 1781 naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British and French forces clashed off the coast of Nova Scotia as part of the wider Atlantic theater of the conflict.
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C.
Battle of Cape Ortegal
The Battle of Cape Ortegal was a 1805 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British squadron decisively defeated a remnant of the Franco-Spanish fleet shortly after Trafalgar.
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D.
Battle of Solebay
The Battle of Solebay was a major 1672 naval engagement between the English-French fleet and the Dutch Republic during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, noted for its heavy losses and inconclusive outcome.
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E.
Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century conflict
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war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | War of Jenkins' Ear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyOverlaps | War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endedBy | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1748 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Anglo-Spanish commercial rivalry
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Spanish search-and-seizure of British ships ⓘ asiento (slave trade) disputes ⓘ disputes over Caribbean trade ⓘ maritime incident involving Captain Robert Jenkins ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
heavy British losses at Cartagena de Indias
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increased British public hostility toward Spain ⓘ limited territorial changes ⓘ strengthening of British naval presence in Caribbean ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
Battle of Bloody Marsh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Porto Bello (1739) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ British attack on Cartagena de Indias NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of St. Augustine (1740) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Admiral Edward Vernon
NERFINISHED
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Blas de Lezo NERFINISHED ⓘ George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ James Oglethorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip V of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalContext | asiento contract granted to Britain by Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia (British colony) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Main NERFINISHED ⓘ West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
stalemate
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status quo ante bellum largely restored ⓘ |
| hasTheater |
Caribbean theater of War of the Austrian Succession
NERFINISHED
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North American colonial frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonial forces ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Robert Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1739 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Jenkins' Ear Description of subject: The Battle of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, sparked by a notorious maritime incident, that formed part of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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