Alliance
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Alliance was a Continental Navy frigate of the American Revolutionary War, noted for its role in transatlantic operations and engagements against British forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alliance canonical | 3 |
| Alliance (historically) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T552611 — 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: Alliance Context triple: [Battle of Flamborough Head, shipInvolved, Alliance]
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A.
Grand Alliance
The Grand Alliance was a major European coalition formed in the late 17th century to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
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B.
Allied
Allied is a 2016 World War II romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies whose relationship is tested by suspicion and betrayal.
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C.
Union
Union is the commonly used short name for the Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.
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D.
Union
The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederate states during the American Civil War.
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E.
Alliance for Democracy
The Alliance for Democracy is a Nigerian political party historically associated with progressive, pro-democracy politics and strong support in the country’s southwest region.
- 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: Alliance Target entity description: Alliance was a Continental Navy frigate of the American Revolutionary War, noted for its role in transatlantic operations and engagements against British forces.
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A.
Grand Alliance
The Grand Alliance was a major European coalition formed in the late 17th century to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
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B.
Allied
Allied is a 2016 World War II romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies whose relationship is tested by suspicion and betrayal.
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C.
Union
Union is the commonly used short name for the Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.
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D.
Union
The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederate states during the American Civil War.
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E.
Alliance for Democracy
The Alliance for Democracy is a Nigerian political party historically associated with progressive, pro-democracy politics and strong support in the country’s southwest region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Navy ship
ⓘ
frigate ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| armamentType | sailing frigate ⓘ |
| builtFor | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| commissionedIn | 1778 ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| engagedIn |
convoy escort missions across the Atlantic
ⓘ
naval battles against British shipping ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| launchedIn | 1778 ⓘ |
| navalWarfareType | frigate warfare ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engagements against British forces
ⓘ
transatlantic operations ⓘ |
| operator | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| primaryOpponent |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| role |
commerce raider
ⓘ
convoy protection ⓘ escort ship ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Continental Navy ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
European waters ⓘ North American waters ⓘ |
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: Alliance Description of subject: Alliance was a Continental Navy frigate of the American Revolutionary War, noted for its role in transatlantic operations and engagements against British forces.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alliance