Battle of Greasy Grass
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The Battle of Greasy Grass, better known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, was an 1876 clash in which Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors decisively defeated U.S. forces led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21807962 — 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 Greasy Grass Context triple: [Custer’s Last Stand, hasAlternativeName, Battle of Greasy Grass]
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Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a 1778 American Revolutionary War clash in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley in which British forces and their Iroquois allies devastated local Patriot militia and settlers.
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Battle of the Prairie
The Battle of the Prairie, also known as the Battle of Coleto, was an 1836 engagement in the Texas Revolution in which Mexican forces surrounded and compelled the surrender of Colonel James Fannin’s Texian army near Goliad, Texas.
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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 the Great Plains
The Battle of the Great Plains was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 203 BC in North Africa, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus decisively defeated Carthaginian and Numidian armies, paving the way for the final Roman victory at Zama.
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Battle of the Big Hole
The Battle of the Big Hole was an 1877 clash in Montana between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce that marked one of the bloodiest and most pivotal engagements of the Nez Perce War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Greasy Grass Target entity description: The Battle of Greasy Grass, better known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, was an 1876 clash in which Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors decisively defeated U.S. forces led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
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A.
Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a 1778 American Revolutionary War clash in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley in which British forces and their Iroquois allies devastated local Patriot militia and settlers.
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B.
Battle of the Prairie
The Battle of the Prairie, also known as the Battle of Coleto, was an 1836 engagement in the Texas Revolution in which Mexican forces surrounded and compelled the surrender of Colonel James Fannin’s Texian army near Goliad, Texas.
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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 the Great Plains
The Battle of the Great Plains was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 203 BC in North Africa, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus decisively defeated Carthaginian and Numidian armies, paving the way for the final Roman victory at Zama.
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E.
Battle of the Big Hole
The Battle of the Big Hole was an 1877 clash in Montana between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce that marked one of the bloodiest and most pivotal engagements of the Nez Perce War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Custer’s Last Stand (as historical event)