Battle of Vionville
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The Battle of Vionville was a major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War in August 1870, where Prussian forces successfully blocked the French Army of the Rhine from retreating toward Verdun.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Vionville canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23121720 — 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: Battle of Vionville Context triple: [Battle of Mars-la-Tour, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Vionville]
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Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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Battle of Nancy
The Battle of Nancy was a decisive 1477 clash in which Charles the Bold of Burgundy was defeated and killed, effectively ending Burgundian power as a major European force.
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Battle of Héricourt
The Battle of Héricourt was a 1474 engagement in the Burgundian Wars in which Swiss and allied forces defeated the troops of Charles the Bold, weakening Burgundian power in the region.
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Battle of Vauchamps
The Battle of Vauchamps was a decisive victory for Napoleon during the 1814 campaign in France, where he defeated Prussian and Russian forces in one of his last major battlefield successes.
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Battle of Guise
The Battle of Guise was a major World War I engagement in August 1914 in northern France, where French forces launched a counteroffensive against the advancing German army during the early stages 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: Battle of Vionville Target entity description: The Battle of Vionville was a major engagement of the Franco-Prussian War in August 1870, where Prussian forces successfully blocked the French Army of the Rhine from retreating toward Verdun.
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A.
Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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B.
Battle of Nancy
The Battle of Nancy was a decisive 1477 clash in which Charles the Bold of Burgundy was defeated and killed, effectively ending Burgundian power as a major European force.
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C.
Battle of Héricourt
The Battle of Héricourt was a 1474 engagement in the Burgundian Wars in which Swiss and allied forces defeated the troops of Charles the Bold, weakening Burgundian power in the region.
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D.
Battle of Vauchamps
The Battle of Vauchamps was a decisive victory for Napoleon during the 1814 campaign in France, where he defeated Prussian and Russian forces in one of his last major battlefield successes.
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E.
Battle of Guise
The Battle of Guise was a major World War I engagement in August 1914 in northern France, where French forces launched a counteroffensive against the advancing German army during the early stages of the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
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