First Franco-Dahomean War
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The First Franco-Dahomean War was an 1890 colonial conflict in West Africa between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey that marked the beginning of France’s military conquest of the region.
All labels observed (1)
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| First Franco-Dahomean War canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14209539 — 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: First Franco-Dahomean War Context triple: [King Béhanzin, conflict, First Franco-Dahomean War]
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Second Franco-Dahomean War
The Second Franco-Dahomean War was an 1892–1894 colonial conflict in West Africa in which French forces defeated the Kingdom of Dahomey, leading to its annexation into French colonial rule.
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B.
Mali War
The Mali War is an ongoing conflict in the West African nation of Mali involving government forces, separatist rebels, and Islamist militants, marked by insurgency, foreign military interventions, and severe humanitarian impacts.
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C.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
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Nembe–Brass War
The Nembe–Brass War was a late 19th-century conflict in the Niger Delta between the Nembe people and the British-backed Royal Niger Company, reflecting resistance to colonial economic and political domination.
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Benin Expedition of 1897
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
- 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: First Franco-Dahomean War Target entity description: The First Franco-Dahomean War was an 1890 colonial conflict in West Africa between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey that marked the beginning of France’s military conquest of the region.
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A.
Second Franco-Dahomean War
The Second Franco-Dahomean War was an 1892–1894 colonial conflict in West Africa in which French forces defeated the Kingdom of Dahomey, leading to its annexation into French colonial rule.
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B.
Mali War
The Mali War is an ongoing conflict in the West African nation of Mali involving government forces, separatist rebels, and Islamist militants, marked by insurgency, foreign military interventions, and severe humanitarian impacts.
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C.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
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D.
Nembe–Brass War
The Nembe–Brass War was a late 19th-century conflict in the Niger Delta between the Nembe people and the British-backed Royal Niger Company, reflecting resistance to colonial economic and political domination.
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E.
Benin Expedition of 1897
The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a British punitive military campaign that led to the violent conquest and looting of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria, resulting in the exile of its oba and the dispersal of the famed Benin Bronzes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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