Battle of La Lys
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The Battle of La Lys was a major World War I engagement in April 1918 in Flanders, where Portuguese forces suffered heavy losses under a German offensive on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of La Lys canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14280793 — 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: Battle of La Lys Context triple: [Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, notableBattle, Battle of La Lys]
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Battle of Guise
The Battle of Guise was a major World War I engagement in August 1914 in northern France, where French forces launched a counteroffensive against the advancing German army during the early stages of the war.
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B.
Battle of Coutras
The Battle of Coutras was a key 1587 victory of the Huguenot forces under Henry of Navarre over the royal Catholic army during the French Wars of Religion, significantly boosting his path to the French throne.
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Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Battle of La Rothière
The Battle of La Rothière was a major 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in northeastern France during the campaign that led to his first abdication.
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E.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
- 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: Battle of La Lys Target entity description: The Battle of La Lys was a major World War I engagement in April 1918 in Flanders, where Portuguese forces suffered heavy losses under a German offensive on the Western Front.
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A.
Battle of Guise
The Battle of Guise was a major World War I engagement in August 1914 in northern France, where French forces launched a counteroffensive against the advancing German army during the early stages of the war.
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B.
Battle of Coutras
The Battle of Coutras was a key 1587 victory of the Huguenot forces under Henry of Navarre over the royal Catholic army during the French Wars of Religion, significantly boosting his path to the French throne.
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C.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
Battle of La Rothière
The Battle of La Rothière was a major 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and others checked Napoleon’s army in northeastern France during the campaign that led to his first abdication.
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E.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Portuguese Expeditionary Corps