Battle of Cana
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The Battle of Cana was a significant 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign, in which French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber defeated a much larger Ottoman army near modern-day Lebanon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Cana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1145537 — 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 Cana Context triple: [French campaign in Syria, notableBattle, Battle of Cana]
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A.
Battle of Bapheus
The Battle of Bapheus was a pivotal 1302 victory of the early Ottoman forces over the Byzantine Empire that helped establish Osman I’s power and marked a key step in the rise of the Ottoman state.
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Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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C.
Battle of Nazareth
The Battle of Nazareth is a historical painting by French artist Antoine-Jean Gros depicting a Napoleonic-era military engagement in the Holy Land.
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Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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E.
Battle of Mount Tabor
The Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) was a decisive engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign in which a smaller French force under General Kléber, supported by Napoleon, defeated a much larger Ottoman army near Mount Tabor in Palestine.
- 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 Cana Target entity description: The Battle of Cana was a significant 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign, in which French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber defeated a much larger Ottoman army near modern-day Lebanon.
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A.
Battle of Bapheus
The Battle of Bapheus was a pivotal 1302 victory of the early Ottoman forces over the Byzantine Empire that helped establish Osman I’s power and marked a key step in the rise of the Ottoman state.
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B.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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C.
Battle of Nazareth
The Battle of Nazareth is a historical painting by French artist Antoine-Jean Gros depicting a Napoleonic-era military engagement in the Holy Land.
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D.
Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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E.
Battle of Mount Tabor
The Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) was a decisive engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign in which a smaller French force under General Kléber, supported by Napoleon, defeated a much larger Ottoman army near Mount Tabor in Palestine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| belligerentStrength |
French forces outnumbered
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Ottoman army numerically superior ⓘ |
| campaign |
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign
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surface form:
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign
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| combatant |
French Republic
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Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
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Ottoman commanders ⓘ |
| conflict | French campaign in Syria ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
France
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Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| date | 1799 ⓘ |
| era | late 18th century ⓘ |
| location |
near Cana
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near modern-day Lebanon ⓘ region of the Levant ⓘ |
| notableFeature | French victory against a much larger Ottoman force ⓘ |
| outcome | Ottoman army defeated by French forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
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French campaign in Syria ⓘ War of the Second Coalition ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| theatre |
Mediterranean theater of the French Revolutionary Wars
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surface form:
Middle Eastern theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
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| year | 1799 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Cana Description of subject: The Battle of Cana was a significant 1799 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Syrian campaign, in which French forces under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber defeated a much larger Ottoman army near modern-day Lebanon.
Referenced by (1)
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