Battle of the Maule
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The Battle of the Maule was a late 15th-century conflict in present-day Chile between the expanding Inca Empire and the Mapuche people, which effectively halted Inca southward expansion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Maule canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1221917 — 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 the Maule Context triple: [Maule River, historicalEvent, Battle of the Maule]
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A.
Battle of Lircay
The Battle of Lircay was the decisive 1830 military engagement in Chile that ended the Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830 and consolidated conservative political dominance in the country.
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B.
Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
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C.
Battle of Ibarra
The Battle of Ibarra was a decisive 1823 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which independence forces led by Simón Bolívar defeated royalist troops, helping secure the region’s liberation from Spanish rule.
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D.
Battle of Goose Green
The Battle of Goose Green was a key 1982 land engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces captured the settlements of Goose Green and Darwin from Argentine troops, marking one of the conflict’s most publicized and controversial actions.
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E.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- 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 the Maule Target entity description: The Battle of the Maule was a late 15th-century conflict in present-day Chile between the expanding Inca Empire and the Mapuche people, which effectively halted Inca southward expansion.
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A.
Battle of Lircay
The Battle of Lircay was the decisive 1830 military engagement in Chile that ended the Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830 and consolidated conservative political dominance in the country.
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B.
Battle of Otumba
The Battle of Otumba was a pivotal 1520 engagement in central Mexico where Hernán Cortés’s outnumbered Spanish and allied Indigenous forces defeated a large Aztec army, helping to secure the eventual fall of the Aztec Empire.
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C.
Battle of Ibarra
The Battle of Ibarra was a decisive 1823 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which independence forces led by Simón Bolívar defeated royalist troops, helping secure the region’s liberation from Spanish rule.
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D.
Battle of Goose Green
The Battle of Goose Green was a key 1982 land engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces captured the settlements of Goose Green and Darwin from Argentine troops, marking one of the conflict’s most publicized and controversial actions.
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E.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| after | Inca expansion into central Chile ⓘ |
| approximateDate | circa 1480s ⓘ |
| before | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Mapuche uprisings
ⓘ
surface form:
Mapuche-Promaucae alliance
Tupac Inca Yupanqui's forces ⓘ |
| category |
15th-century conflicts
ⓘ
Battles involving indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ Battles involving the Inca Empire ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Inca Empire
ⓘ
Mapuche people ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Inca Empire ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Inca chronicles
ⓘ
Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ |
| era |
Andean Late Horizon
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Horizon (Andean chronology)
|
| ethnicGroupInvolved |
Mapuche people
ⓘ
surface form:
Mapuche
Picunche ⓘ Promaucae ⓘ Quechua-speaking Inca ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | Maule River ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Inca forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Inca army
Mapuche warriors ⓘ Picunche people ⓘ Promaucae ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Columbian warfare in the Southern Andes ⓘ |
| limitedExpansionOf | Inca Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Chile
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Chile
Maule basin ⓘ
surface form:
Maule River region
South America ⓘ present-day Chile ⓘ |
| opponent |
Inca Empire
ⓘ
Mapuche people ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Mapuche military organization
ⓘ
local chiefdoms south of the Maule River ⓘ |
| partOf | Inca–Mapuche conflicts ⓘ |
| regionContested | territory between Maipo River and Maule River ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Inca expansion in Chile
ⓘ
Mapuche resistance to foreign rule ⓘ |
| result |
Inca Empire failed to conquer Mapuche territory south of the Maule River
ⓘ
Inca southward expansion halted ⓘ strategic stalemate ⓘ |
| significance |
defined southern limit of Inca expansion in Chile
ⓘ
marked cultural and political frontier between Inca Empire and Mapuche lands ⓘ |
| southernBoundaryFor | Inca influence in Chile ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 15th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of the Maule Description of subject: The Battle of the Maule was a late 15th-century conflict in present-day Chile between the expanding Inca Empire and the Mapuche people, which effectively halted Inca southward expansion.
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