Anglo-Satsuma War
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The Anglo-Satsuma War was an 1863 conflict between Britain and Japan’s Satsuma Domain, sparked by the Namamugi Incident and notable for showcasing Western naval power and accelerating Japan’s modernization.
All labels observed (1)
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| Anglo-Satsuma War canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13721560 — 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: Anglo-Satsuma War Context triple: [Kagoshima Domain, involvedIn, Anglo-Satsuma War]
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A.
Shimonoseki Campaign
The Shimonoseki Campaign was a series of mid-19th-century military actions by Western powers against the Chōshū Domain in Japan to force the reopening of the strategic Shimonoseki Strait to international shipping.
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B.
Morean War
The Morean War was a late 17th-century conflict in which the Republic of Venice, with allied support, fought the Ottoman Empire for control of the Peloponnese (Morea) during the wider Great Turkish War.
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C.
Boshin War
The Boshin War was a Japanese civil conflict (1868–1869) between forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate and those supporting the restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Meiji, which led to the end of the shogunate and the modernization of Japan.
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D.
Jishō–Yōwa War
The Jishō–Yōwa War, better known as the Genpei War, was a late 12th-century Japanese civil conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
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E.
Naval Battle of Hakodate
The Naval Battle of Hakodate was a decisive 1869 clash during the Boshin War in which the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate’s fleet were defeated by Imperial Japanese forces, marking the end of Japan’s feudal era.
- 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: Anglo-Satsuma War Target entity description: The Anglo-Satsuma War was an 1863 conflict between Britain and Japan’s Satsuma Domain, sparked by the Namamugi Incident and notable for showcasing Western naval power and accelerating Japan’s modernization.
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A.
Shimonoseki Campaign
The Shimonoseki Campaign was a series of mid-19th-century military actions by Western powers against the Chōshū Domain in Japan to force the reopening of the strategic Shimonoseki Strait to international shipping.
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B.
Morean War
The Morean War was a late 17th-century conflict in which the Republic of Venice, with allied support, fought the Ottoman Empire for control of the Peloponnese (Morea) during the wider Great Turkish War.
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C.
Boshin War
The Boshin War was a Japanese civil conflict (1868–1869) between forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate and those supporting the restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Meiji, which led to the end of the shogunate and the modernization of Japan.
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D.
Jishō–Yōwa War
The Jishō–Yōwa War, better known as the Genpei War, was a late 12th-century Japanese civil conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
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E.
Naval Battle of Hakodate
The Naval Battle of Hakodate was a decisive 1869 clash during the Boshin War in which the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate’s fleet were defeated by Imperial Japanese forces, marking the end of Japan’s feudal era.
- F. None of above. chosen
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