HMS Madagascar
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HMS Madagascar was a Royal Navy warship of the early 19th century, notable for service during the Napoleonic era and for having future Admiral Sir Provo Wallis among her officers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Madagascar canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6480210 — 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 Madagascar Context triple: [Sir Provo Wallis, shipServedOn, HMS Madagascar]
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A.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
HMS Tenedos
HMS Tenedos was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II, including operations in the Pacific.
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C.
HMS Oribi
HMS Oribi was a British Royal Navy O-class destroyer that served with distinction during World War II, notably in Arctic convoy and North Atlantic operations.
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D.
HMS Tagus
HMS Tagus was a Royal Navy frigate active in the early 19th century, known for its service during the Napoleonic Wars and related maritime operations.
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E.
HMS Elephant
HMS Elephant was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
- 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 Madagascar Target entity description: HMS Madagascar was a Royal Navy warship of the early 19th century, notable for service during the Napoleonic era and for having future Admiral Sir Provo Wallis among her officers.
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A.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
HMS Tenedos
HMS Tenedos was a British Royal Navy destroyer that served in the early years of World War II, including operations in the Pacific.
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C.
HMS Oribi
HMS Oribi was a British Royal Navy O-class destroyer that served with distinction during World War II, notably in Arctic convoy and North Atlantic operations.
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D.
HMS Tagus
HMS Tagus was a Royal Navy frigate active in the early 19th century, known for its service during the Napoleonic Wars and related maritime operations.
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E.
HMS Elephant
HMS Elephant was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
fifth-rate frigate ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain ⓘ |
| armedWith | broadside cannon ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | early 19th century ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy |
Royal Navy officers
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Royal Navy seamen ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
convoy protection
ⓘ
escort duties ⓘ patrol duties ⓘ |
| navalTactic | line of battle support ⓘ |
| navalTheatre |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
European waters ⓘ |
| notableCrewMember | Provo Wallis ⓘ |
| notableCrewMemberRankLater |
Admiral Sir Provo Wallis
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linked to:
Sir Provo Wallis
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| notableFor |
having future Admiral Sir Provo Wallis among her officers
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service during the Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipType | sailing ship ⓘ |
| usedFor | 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 Madagascar Description of subject: HMS Madagascar was a Royal Navy warship of the early 19th century, notable for service during the Napoleonic era and for having future Admiral Sir Provo Wallis among her officers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.