Virginia-class ironclad
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The Virginia-class ironclad was a Confederate Civil War warship design featuring heavy iron armor and powerful guns, exemplified by the pioneering ironclad CSS Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Virginia-class ironclad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23079389 — 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: Virginia-class ironclad Context triple: [CSS Virginia, class, Virginia-class ironclad]
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Warrior-class ironclad
The Warrior-class ironclad was a pioneering 19th-century British warship design that introduced large, seagoing, iron-hulled armored frigates to the Royal Navy, marking a major shift from wooden sailing ships to modern armored steam warships.
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B.
Monitor-class ironclad
The Monitor-class ironclad was a pioneering type of low-profile, turreted warship built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War, exemplified by the revolutionary USS Monitor.
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Ironclad
Ironclad is a 2011 historical action film about the defense of Rochester Castle during the First Barons' War, in which Aneurin Barnard plays a key supporting role.
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USS Monitor
The USS Monitor was a pioneering Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, famed for its revolutionary turreted design and its 1862 battle against the CSS Virginia (Merrimack).
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USS Merrimack
USS Merrimack was a U.S. Navy steam frigate later converted by the Confederacy into the ironclad warship CSS Virginia, famous for its role in the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War.
- 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: Virginia-class ironclad Target entity description: The Virginia-class ironclad was a Confederate Civil War warship design featuring heavy iron armor and powerful guns, exemplified by the pioneering ironclad CSS Virginia.
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A.
Warrior-class ironclad
The Warrior-class ironclad was a pioneering 19th-century British warship design that introduced large, seagoing, iron-hulled armored frigates to the Royal Navy, marking a major shift from wooden sailing ships to modern armored steam warships.
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B.
Monitor-class ironclad
The Monitor-class ironclad was a pioneering type of low-profile, turreted warship built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War, exemplified by the revolutionary USS Monitor.
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C.
Ironclad
Ironclad is a 2011 historical action film about the defense of Rochester Castle during the First Barons' War, in which Aneurin Barnard plays a key supporting role.
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D.
USS Monitor
The USS Monitor was a pioneering Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, famed for its revolutionary turreted design and its 1862 battle against the CSS Virginia (Merrimack).
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E.
USS Merrimack
USS Merrimack was a U.S. Navy steam frigate later converted by the Confederacy into the ironclad warship CSS Virginia, famous for its role in the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.