Battle of Anzen
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The Battle of Anzen was an 838 clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate in Anatolia, where Byzantine forces under Emperor Theophilos were defeated by troops serving Caliph al-Mu'tasim.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Anzen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2299013 — 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 Anzen Context triple: [al-Mu'tasim, notableBattle, Battle of Anzen]
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Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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Battle of Tabaruzaka
The Battle of Tabaruzaka was a major 1877 clash in Japan between imperial government forces and samurai rebels, marking one of the bloodiest and most decisive engagements of the Satsuma Rebellion.
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C.
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault near Henderson Field, marking a crucial defensive victory in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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E.
Battle of Immae
The Battle of Immae was a 272 CE clash near Antioch in which the Palmyrene forces of Queen Zenobia, led by General Zabdas, were decisively defeated by the Roman emperor Aurelian, marking a key step in Rome’s reconquest of the eastern provinces.
- 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 Anzen Target entity description: The Battle of Anzen was an 838 clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate in Anatolia, where Byzantine forces under Emperor Theophilos were defeated by troops serving Caliph al-Mu'tasim.
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A.
Battle of Shiroyama
The Battle of Shiroyama was the climactic 1877 clash in which Saigō Takamori’s samurai forces were decisively defeated by the modern Imperial Japanese Army, symbolizing the end of the samurai era in Japan.
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B.
Battle of Tabaruzaka
The Battle of Tabaruzaka was a major 1877 clash in Japan between imperial government forces and samurai rebels, marking one of the bloodiest and most decisive engagements of the Satsuma Rebellion.
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C.
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault near Henderson Field, marking a crucial defensive victory in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Battle of Nibeiwa
The Battle of Nibeiwa was a key early World War II engagement in December 1940 in Egypt, where British and Commonwealth forces launched a successful surprise attack against Italian camps, helping to initiate the collapse of Italian positions in North Africa.
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E.
Battle of Immae
The Battle of Immae was a 272 CE clash near Antioch in which the Palmyrene forces of Queen Zenobia, led by General Zabdas, were decisively defeated by the Roman emperor Aurelian, marking a key step in Rome’s reconquest of the eastern provinces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Anzen Description of subject: The Battle of Anzen was an 838 clash between the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate in Anatolia, where Byzantine forces under Emperor Theophilos were defeated by troops serving Caliph al-Mu'tasim.
Referenced by (1)
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