Battle of St. Thomé
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The Battle of St. Thomé was a key 18th-century engagement in southern India between European colonial powers and their Indian allies that helped shape the course of the Carnatic Wars.
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| Battle of St. Thomé canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3162515 — 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 St. Thomé Context triple: [Carnatic Wars, significantBattle, Battle of St. Thomé]
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Battle of El Uvero
The Battle of El Uvero was a 1957 clash in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces scored an early, morale-boosting victory against Batista’s army during the Cuban Revolution.
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Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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Battle of Los Negros
The Battle of Los Negros was a World War II engagement in early 1944 in which Allied forces seized Los Negros Island from Japanese control, opening the Admiralty Islands to further Pacific operations.
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D.
Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was an 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence where José de San Martín led his newly formed cavalry regiment to a decisive victory over Spanish royalist forces.
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E.
Battle of El Caney
The Battle of El Caney was a key engagement of the Spanish–American War in 1898, in which U.S. forces captured a heavily fortified Spanish position near Santiago de Cuba, helping pave the way for the city’s eventual surrender.
- 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 St. Thomé Target entity description: The Battle of St. Thomé was a key 18th-century engagement in southern India between European colonial powers and their Indian allies that helped shape the course of the Carnatic Wars.
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A.
Battle of El Uvero
The Battle of El Uvero was a 1957 clash in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces scored an early, morale-boosting victory against Batista’s army during the Cuban Revolution.
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B.
Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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C.
Battle of Los Negros
The Battle of Los Negros was a World War II engagement in early 1944 in which Allied forces seized Los Negros Island from Japanese control, opening the Admiralty Islands to further Pacific operations.
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D.
Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was an 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence where José de San Martín led his newly formed cavalry regiment to a decisive victory over Spanish royalist forces.
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E.
Battle of El Caney
The Battle of El Caney was a key engagement of the Spanish–American War in 1898, in which U.S. forces captured a heavily fortified Spanish position near Santiago de Cuba, helping pave the way for the city’s eventual surrender.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French East India Company
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ forces of the Nawab of Arcot ⓘ |
| combatantType | European colonial powers and Indian allies ⓘ |
| commander |
Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
ⓘ
Mahfuz Khan ⓘ |
| conflict | Carnatic Wars ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| date | 1746-11-04 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasCasusBelli | dispute over control of Madras and influence in the Carnatic ⓘ |
| location |
Coromandel Coast
ⓘ
Santhome ⓘ
surface form:
St. Thomé
near Madras ⓘ South India ⓘ
surface form:
southern India
|
| opponentOf | forces of the Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ |
| outcome | decisive French victory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-French rivalry in India
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-French conflicts in India
European colonial wars in India ⓘ First Carnatic War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Siege of Madras
ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Madras (1746)
|
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped establish French military prestige in the Carnatic
ⓘ
important engagement of the Carnatic Wars ⓘ influenced the balance of power in southern India ⓘ |
| theatre |
Third Carnatic War
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession
|
| usedFor | projection of French power in the Carnatic ⓘ |
| year | 1746 ⓘ |
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