Battle of Chapultepec
E54054
The Battle of Chapultepec was a pivotal 1847 engagement of the Mexican–American War in which U.S. forces stormed Mexico City’s fortified Chapultepec Castle, leading directly to the capture of the capital.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Chapultepec canonical | 21 |
| Assault on Chapultepec | 1 |
| Battle of Chapultepec (1847) at Chapultepec Castle | 1 |
| Mexican defenders of Chapultepec | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404409 — 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 Chapultepec Context triple: [Bosque de Chapultepec, significantEvent, Battle of Chapultepec]
-
A.
Battle of Puebla
The Battle of Puebla was an 1862 military engagement during the French intervention in Mexico in which Mexican forces achieved a symbolic victory over the French, commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo.
-
B.
Siege of Cuautla
The Siege of Cuautla was a pivotal 1812 confrontation in the Mexican War of Independence, where insurgent forces led by José María Morelos withstood a prolonged royalist siege, boosting the rebel cause despite ultimately withdrawing.
-
C.
Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a decisive late-1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution, led in part by Che Guevara, whose victory helped precipitate the collapse of Fulgencio Batista’s regime.
-
D.
Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas
The Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas was an early and symbolically important insurgent victory in 1810, when Miguel Hidalgo’s rebel forces seized a fortified granary in Guanajuato during the opening phase of Mexico’s struggle for independence from Spain.
-
E.
Battle of Guadalajara
The Battle of Guadalajara was a key 1937 Spanish Civil War engagement in which Republican forces, aided by international volunteers, repelled an Italian-led offensive supporting the Nationalists, marking a significant setback for fascist intervention.
- 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 Chapultepec Target entity description: The Battle of Chapultepec was a pivotal 1847 engagement of the Mexican–American War in which U.S. forces stormed Mexico City’s fortified Chapultepec Castle, leading directly to the capture of the capital.
-
A.
Battle of Puebla
The Battle of Puebla was an 1862 military engagement during the French intervention in Mexico in which Mexican forces achieved a symbolic victory over the French, commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo.
-
B.
Siege of Cuautla
The Siege of Cuautla was a pivotal 1812 confrontation in the Mexican War of Independence, where insurgent forces led by José María Morelos withstood a prolonged royalist siege, boosting the rebel cause despite ultimately withdrawing.
-
C.
Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a decisive late-1958 engagement in the Cuban Revolution, led in part by Che Guevara, whose victory helped precipitate the collapse of Fulgencio Batista’s regime.
-
D.
Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas
The Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas was an early and symbolically important insurgent victory in 1810, when Miguel Hidalgo’s rebel forces seized a fortified granary in Guanajuato during the opening phase of Mexico’s struggle for independence from Spain.
-
E.
Battle of Guadalajara
The Battle of Guadalajara was a key 1937 Spanish Civil War engagement in which Republican forces, aided by international volunteers, repelled an Italian-led offensive supporting the Nationalists, marking a significant setback for fascist intervention.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Chapultepec
ⓘ
surface form:
Assault on Chapultepec
|
| associatedWith |
Monument to the Niños Héroes
ⓘ
surface form:
Niños Héroes monument
Marines' Hymn ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Marine Corps Hymn
|
| belligerent |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| casualtiesSide |
Mexican forces suffered heavy casualties
ⓘ
United States forces suffered several hundred casualties ⓘ |
| combatant |
Armed Forces of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Army
United States Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Antonio López de Santa Anna
ⓘ
Gideon Pillow ⓘ John A. Quitman ⓘ Manuel María Lombardini ⓘ Nicolás Bravo ⓘ William Jenkins Worth ⓘ
surface form:
William J. Worth
Winfield Scott ⓘ |
| conflict | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| consequence |
led directly to capture of Mexican capital
ⓘ
opened the way for U.S. occupation of Mexico City ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| date |
1847-09-12
ⓘ
1847-09-13 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1847-09-13 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle for Mexico City
ⓘ
Battle of Churubusco ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Mexico City
|
| fortification | Chapultepec Castle ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| location |
Chapultepec Castle
ⓘ
Chapultepec Hill ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | line "to the shores of Tripoli" of the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
Altar a la Patria
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Niños Héroes
Saint Patrick's Battalion ⓘ U.S. Army voltigeurs ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Marine Corps
|
| outcome | U.S. forces captured Chapultepec Castle ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Molino del Rey ⓘ |
| result | United States victory ⓘ |
| significance |
pivotal engagement in final campaign against Mexico City
ⓘ
symbol of Mexican resistance and sacrifice ⓘ |
| startDate | 1847-09-12 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | capture of approaches to Mexico City ⓘ |
| terrain | rocky hill ⓘ |
| theater |
Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War
|
| typeOfAction | assault on fortified position ⓘ |
| year | 1847 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Battle of Chapultepec Description of subject: The Battle of Chapultepec was a pivotal 1847 engagement of the Mexican–American War in which U.S. forces stormed Mexico City’s fortified Chapultepec Castle, leading directly to the capture of the capital.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Monument to the Niños Héroes (nearby Chapultepec access)
→
commemoratesEvent
→
Battle of Chapultepec
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Battle of Chapultepec (1847) at Chapultepec Castle
this entity surface form:
Assault on Chapultepec
this entity surface form:
Mexican defenders of Chapultepec