Battle of the Elephants
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The Battle of the Elephants was a Hellenistic-era clash in which Seleucid king Antiochus I famously used war elephants to secure a decisive victory over invading Galatian forces in Asia Minor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Elephants canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6377382 — 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 Elephants Context triple: [Antiochus I, notableBattle, Battle of the Elephants]
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A.
Battle of Elephant Pass
The Battle of Elephant Pass was a pivotal military engagement in the Sri Lankan Civil War, centered on control of the strategically crucial land bridge linking the Jaffna Peninsula to the rest of Sri Lanka.
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B.
Battle of the Seven Potters
The Battle of the Seven Potters is a pivotal ambush in the Harry Potter series where Death Eaters attack multiple decoy Harrys during his secret relocation from Privet Drive, resulting in significant casualties and the loss of Alastor Moody.
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C.
Battle of the Silarus
The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
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D.
Battle of Bamut
The Battle of Bamut was a prolonged and fiercely contested engagement during the First Chechen War, in which Russian forces struggled for months to capture the heavily fortified Chechen-held village of Bamut.
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E.
Battle of Torata
The Battle of Torata was a key engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence in 1823, where patriot forces clashed with royalist troops in southern Peru.
- 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 Elephants Target entity description: The Battle of the Elephants was a Hellenistic-era clash in which Seleucid king Antiochus I famously used war elephants to secure a decisive victory over invading Galatian forces in Asia Minor.
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A.
Battle of Elephant Pass
The Battle of Elephant Pass was a pivotal military engagement in the Sri Lankan Civil War, centered on control of the strategically crucial land bridge linking the Jaffna Peninsula to the rest of Sri Lanka.
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B.
Battle of the Seven Potters
The Battle of the Seven Potters is a pivotal ambush in the Harry Potter series where Death Eaters attack multiple decoy Harrys during his secret relocation from Privet Drive, resulting in significant casualties and the loss of Alastor Moody.
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C.
Battle of the Silarus
The Battle of the Silarus was a lesser-known engagement of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeated a Roman army in southern Italy following his major victory at Cannae.
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D.
Battle of Bamut
The Battle of Bamut was a prolonged and fiercely contested engagement during the First Chechen War, in which Russian forces struggled for months to capture the heavily fortified Chechen-held village of Bamut.
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E.
Battle of Torata
The Battle of Torata was a key engagement in the Peruvian War of Independence in 1823, where patriot forces clashed with royalist troops in southern Peru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-era battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Galatian forces
ⓘ
Seleucid forces ⓘ
linked to:
Seleucid royal army
|
| combatant |
Galatian army
ⓘ
Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to:
Seleucid royal army
|
| commander |
Antiochus I Soter
ⓘ
linked to:
Antiochus I
|
| conflictIn | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| describedAs | famous victory of Antiochus I over the Galatians ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Antiochus I Soter
ⓘ
linked to:
Antiochus I
Galatian forces ⓘ Galatians ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Anatolia ⓘ |
| leaderOfVictoriousSide |
Antiochus I Soter
ⓘ
linked to:
Antiochus I
|
| location | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of war elephants against Galatian infantry ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Galatian invaders ⓘ |
| outcome | repulse of Galatian invasion ⓘ |
| partOf | Seleucid–Galatian conflicts ⓘ |
| result |
Seleucid victory
ⓘ
decisive victory for Antiochus I ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| usedInBattle | war elephants ⓘ |
| usedMilitaryTechnology | elephantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Elephants Description of subject: The Battle of the Elephants was a Hellenistic-era clash in which Seleucid king Antiochus I famously used war elephants to secure a decisive victory over invading Galatian forces in Asia Minor.
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