First Battle of Pyramid Lake
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The First Battle of Pyramid Lake was an 1860 clash in Nevada between Paiute warriors and U.S. volunteer forces that marked a major early defeat for the settlers in the Paiute War.
All labels observed (2)
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| Second Battle of Pyramid Lake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21154277 — 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 Pyramid Lake Context triple: [Paiute War, mainBattle, First Battle of Pyramid Lake]
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Battle of Lower Sioux Agency
The Battle of Lower Sioux Agency was an early armed clash in the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota, where Dakota warriors attacked a key government agency, helping ignite the wider conflict.
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Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
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Battle of Bear Paw
The Battle of Bear Paw was the final major engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, where U.S. forces halted Chief Joseph’s band just short of the Canadian border, leading to his famous surrender.
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Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
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Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
- 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 Pyramid Lake Target entity description: The First Battle of Pyramid Lake was an 1860 clash in Nevada between Paiute warriors and U.S. volunteer forces that marked a major early defeat for the settlers in the Paiute War.
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A.
Battle of Lower Sioux Agency
The Battle of Lower Sioux Agency was an early armed clash in the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota, where Dakota warriors attacked a key government agency, helping ignite the wider conflict.
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B.
Battle of Slim Buttes
The Battle of Slim Buttes was an 1876 engagement in the Great Sioux War in which U.S. Army forces attacked and destroyed a Miniconjou Lakota village in present-day South Dakota, marking the first significant U.S. victory after the defeat at Little Bighorn.
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C.
Battle of Bear Paw
The Battle of Bear Paw was the final major engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, where U.S. forces halted Chief Joseph’s band just short of the Canadian border, leading to his famous surrender.
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D.
Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
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E.
Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Battle of Pyramid Lake