First Battle of the Somme (1918)
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The First Battle of the Somme (1918), also called the Battle of Saint-Quentin, was a major German offensive on the Western Front during World War I that marked the beginning of the Spring Offensive and temporarily broke through Allied lines in France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First Battle of the Somme | 1 |
| First Battle of the Somme (1918) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17263500 — 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 Battle of the Somme (1918) Context triple: [Battle of Saint-Quentin (1918), alsoKnownAs, First Battle of the Somme (1918)]
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Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) was a major Allied offensive on the Western Front in World War I that helped break German lines and contributed significantly to the final collapse of the German war effort.
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First Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was an early phase of the British-led Arras Offensive on the Western Front in World War I, marked by intense fighting around the River Scarpe in April 1917.
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Battle of Cambrai (1918)
The Battle of Cambrai (1918) was a major late-World War I Allied offensive in northern France that helped break the Hindenburg Line and contributed significantly to the final collapse of German resistance.
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Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a major and notoriously bloody 1916 World War I offensive on the Western Front, remembered for its massive casualties and limited territorial gains.
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Second Battle of Bapaume (1918)
The Second Battle of Bapaume (1918) was a key Allied offensive on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I, contributing to the breaking of German lines and the eventual end of the war.
- 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 Battle of the Somme (1918) Target entity description: The First Battle of the Somme (1918), also called the Battle of Saint-Quentin, was a major German offensive on the Western Front during World War I that marked the beginning of the Spring Offensive and temporarily broke through Allied lines in France.
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A.
Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) was a major Allied offensive on the Western Front in World War I that helped break German lines and contributed significantly to the final collapse of the German war effort.
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B.
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was an early phase of the British-led Arras Offensive on the Western Front in World War I, marked by intense fighting around the River Scarpe in April 1917.
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C.
Battle of Cambrai (1918)
The Battle of Cambrai (1918) was a major late-World War I Allied offensive in northern France that helped break the Hindenburg Line and contributed significantly to the final collapse of German resistance.
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D.
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a major and notoriously bloody 1916 World War I offensive on the Western Front, remembered for its massive casualties and limited territorial gains.
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E.
Second Battle of Bapaume (1918)
The Second Battle of Bapaume (1918) was a key Allied offensive on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I, contributing to the breaking of German lines and the eventual end of the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
First Battle of the Somme