French retreat from Lang Son
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The French retreat from Lang Son was a chaotic withdrawal of French forces from northern Vietnam in March 1885 during the Sino-French War, which led to political scandal in France and contributed to the fall of the Ferry government.
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| French retreat from Lang Son canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21571589 — 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: French retreat from Lang Son Context triple: [Battle of Bang Bo, followedBy, French retreat from Lang Son]
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A.
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow was the disastrous 1812 withdrawal of the French Grande Armée from Russia, marked by severe cold, starvation, constant Russian attacks, and massive losses that crippled his empire.
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B.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a decisive 1954 confrontation in Vietnam in which Viet Minh forces defeated the French, leading to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina.
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C.
Battle of Lạng Sơn
The Battle of Lạng Sơn was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a decisive role in the course and outcome of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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D.
retreat of the Ten Thousand
The retreat of the Ten Thousand was the famous march of a large Greek mercenary force through hostile Persian territory back to Greece after the death of their employer Cyrus the Younger in 401 BCE, later chronicled by Xenophon in his Anabasis.
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E.
Siege of Tuyên Quang
The Siege of Tuyên Quang was a protracted 1884–1885 confrontation in northern Vietnam where a small French garrison with colonial troops held out against vastly superior Chinese and Black Flag forces, becoming one of the most celebrated episodes of French colonial military history.
- 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: French retreat from Lang Son Target entity description: The French retreat from Lang Son was a chaotic withdrawal of French forces from northern Vietnam in March 1885 during the Sino-French War, which led to political scandal in France and contributed to the fall of the Ferry government.
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A.
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow
Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow was the disastrous 1812 withdrawal of the French Grande Armée from Russia, marked by severe cold, starvation, constant Russian attacks, and massive losses that crippled his empire.
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B.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a decisive 1954 confrontation in Vietnam in which Viet Minh forces defeated the French, leading to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina.
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C.
Battle of Lạng Sơn
The Battle of Lạng Sơn was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a decisive role in the course and outcome of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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D.
retreat of the Ten Thousand
The retreat of the Ten Thousand was the famous march of a large Greek mercenary force through hostile Persian territory back to Greece after the death of their employer Cyrus the Younger in 401 BCE, later chronicled by Xenophon in his Anabasis.
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E.
Siege of Tuyên Quang
The Siege of Tuyên Quang was a protracted 1884–1885 confrontation in northern Vietnam where a small French garrison with colonial troops held out against vastly superior Chinese and Black Flag forces, becoming one of the most celebrated episodes of French colonial military history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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