Battle of Fort Dearborn
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The Battle of Fort Dearborn was an 1812 conflict near present-day Chicago in which a U.S. garrison and civilians evacuating the frontier fort were attacked and largely defeated by Native American forces allied with the British during the War of 1812.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18606895 — 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: Battle of Fort Dearborn Context triple: [Fort Dearborn, significantEvent, Battle of Fort Dearborn]
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Battle of Fort Wayne
The Battle of Fort Wayne was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces drove Confederate troops from a key outpost near the Arkansas–Indian Territory border.
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Battle of Vincennes
The Battle of Vincennes was a pivotal 1779 American Revolutionary War victory in the Illinois Country, where George Rogers Clark’s forces captured the British-held Fort Sackville, helping secure the Northwest Territory for the United States.
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Siege of Fort Wayne
The Siege of Fort Wayne was a 1812 military engagement during the War of 1812 in which Native American forces, encouraged by the British, unsuccessfully besieged the U.S. garrison at Fort Wayne in present-day Indiana.
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D.
Battle of Fish Creek
The Battle of Fish Creek was a key 1885 clash in the North-West Rebellion in which Métis forces under Gabriel Dumont temporarily halted advancing Canadian troops.
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Battle of Bad Axe
The Battle of Bad Axe was the final, devastating clash of the 1832 Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces massacred many of Black Hawk’s band as they attempted to retreat across the Mississippi River.
- 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 Fort Dearborn Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Dearborn was an 1812 conflict near present-day Chicago in which a U.S. garrison and civilians evacuating the frontier fort were attacked and largely defeated by Native American forces allied with the British during the War of 1812.
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A.
Battle of Fort Wayne
The Battle of Fort Wayne was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces drove Confederate troops from a key outpost near the Arkansas–Indian Territory border.
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B.
Battle of Vincennes
The Battle of Vincennes was a pivotal 1779 American Revolutionary War victory in the Illinois Country, where George Rogers Clark’s forces captured the British-held Fort Sackville, helping secure the Northwest Territory for the United States.
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C.
Siege of Fort Wayne
The Siege of Fort Wayne was a 1812 military engagement during the War of 1812 in which Native American forces, encouraged by the British, unsuccessfully besieged the U.S. garrison at Fort Wayne in present-day Indiana.
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D.
Battle of Fish Creek
The Battle of Fish Creek was a key 1885 clash in the North-West Rebellion in which Métis forces under Gabriel Dumont temporarily halted advancing Canadian troops.
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E.
Battle of Bad Axe
The Battle of Bad Axe was the final, devastating clash of the 1832 Black Hawk War, in which U.S. forces massacred many of Black Hawk’s band as they attempted to retreat across the Mississippi River.
- F. None of above. chosen
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