Battle of Porto Praya
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The Battle of Porto Praya was a 1781 naval engagement off the Cape Verde Islands during the American Revolutionary War, in which British and French squadrons clashed inconclusively in a neutral Portuguese harbor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Porto Praya canonical | 4 |
| Battle of Porto Praia | 1 |
| Battle of Porto Praya (1781) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3317370 — 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 Porto Praya Context triple: [Atlantic campaign of the American Revolutionary War, hasPart, Battle of Porto Praya]
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Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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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.
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C.
Battle of San Domingo
The Battle of San Domingo was a major 1806 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British fleet decisively defeated a French squadron in the Caribbean.
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Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive 1898 naval engagement of the Spanish–American War in which the U.S. Navy destroyed Spain’s Caribbean squadron off the coast of Cuba, effectively ending Spanish naval power in the Western Hemisphere.
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Battle of La Guaira
The Battle of La Guaira was a 1743 naval engagement off the Venezuelan port of La Guaira in which Spanish colonial forces repelled a British attack during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- 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 Porto Praya Target entity description: The Battle of Porto Praya was a 1781 naval engagement off the Cape Verde Islands during the American Revolutionary War, in which British and French squadrons clashed inconclusively in a neutral Portuguese harbor.
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A.
Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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B.
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.
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C.
Battle of San Domingo
The Battle of San Domingo was a major 1806 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which a British fleet decisively defeated a French squadron in the Caribbean.
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D.
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive 1898 naval engagement of the Spanish–American War in which the U.S. Navy destroyed Spain’s Caribbean squadron off the coast of Cuba, effectively ending Spanish naval power in the Western Hemisphere.
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E.
Battle of La Guaira
The Battle of La Guaira was a 1743 naval engagement off the Venezuelan port of La Guaira in which Spanish colonial forces repelled a British attack during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Porto Praya Description of subject: The Battle of Porto Praya was a 1781 naval engagement off the Cape Verde Islands during the American Revolutionary War, in which British and French squadrons clashed inconclusively in a neutral Portuguese harbor.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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