Battle of Belasitsa
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The Battle of Belasitsa was an 11th-century conflict in which Byzantine forces under Emperor Basil II decisively defeated the Bulgarian Empire, leading to the empire’s eventual subjugation.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16912406 — 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)
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Target entity: Battle of Belasitsa Context triple: [Battle of Kleidion, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Belasitsa]
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Battle of Maritsa
The Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a decisive Ottoman victory over a coalition of Serbian nobles that paved the way for Ottoman dominance in the Balkans.
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Battle of Giurgiu
The Battle of Giurgiu was a late 16th-century clash between Habsburg and Ottoman forces near the Danube town of Giurgiu, contributing to the shifting balance of power in Eastern Europe during the Long Turkish War.
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Battle of Kaliakra
The Battle of Kaliakra was a 1791 naval engagement in the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish War, where Admiral Fyodor Ushakov’s Russian fleet decisively defeated the Ottoman navy near Cape Kaliakra.
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Battle of Pliska
The Battle of Pliska was a major 811 AD clash in which the First Bulgarian Empire decisively defeated and annihilated a Byzantine army led by Emperor Nikephoros I, reshaping the balance of power in the Balkans.
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Battle of Velestino
The Battle of Velestino was a key land engagement between Greek and Ottoman forces in central Thessaly during the 1897 Greco-Turkish War, notable for the defensive efforts of the Greek army under Colonel Konstantinos Smolenskis.
- 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 Belasitsa Target entity description: The Battle of Belasitsa was an 11th-century conflict in which Byzantine forces under Emperor Basil II decisively defeated the Bulgarian Empire, leading to the empire’s eventual subjugation.
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A.
Battle of Maritsa
The Battle of Maritsa (1371) was a decisive Ottoman victory over a coalition of Serbian nobles that paved the way for Ottoman dominance in the Balkans.
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B.
Battle of Giurgiu
The Battle of Giurgiu was a late 16th-century clash between Habsburg and Ottoman forces near the Danube town of Giurgiu, contributing to the shifting balance of power in Eastern Europe during the Long Turkish War.
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C.
Battle of Kaliakra
The Battle of Kaliakra was a 1791 naval engagement in the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish War, where Admiral Fyodor Ushakov’s Russian fleet decisively defeated the Ottoman navy near Cape Kaliakra.
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D.
Battle of Pliska
The Battle of Pliska was a major 811 AD clash in which the First Bulgarian Empire decisively defeated and annihilated a Byzantine army led by Emperor Nikephoros I, reshaping the balance of power in the Balkans.
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E.
Battle of Velestino
The Battle of Velestino was a key land engagement between Greek and Ottoman forces in central Thessaly during the 1897 Greco-Turkish War, notable for the defensive efforts of the Greek army under Colonel Konstantinos Smolenskis.
- F. None of above. chosen
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