Battle of Ningpo
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The Battle of Ningpo was a key 1842 engagement during the First Opium War in which British forces successfully defended the Chinese port city of Ningbo against a major Qing counterattack.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Ningbo | 1 |
| Battle of Ningpo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6370113 — 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 Ningpo Context triple: [Anglo-Chinese War, hasSignificantEvent, Battle of Ningpo]
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A.
Battle of Feng-tao
The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
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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C.
Battle of Lichuan
The Battle of Lichuan was a military engagement during the Chinese Civil War in which Nationalist forces sought to suppress Communist bases as part of the broader encirclement campaigns in Jiangxi.
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D.
Battle of Amoy
The Battle of Amoy was a key 1841 naval and amphibious engagement in the First Opium War in which British forces captured the strategic port of Xiamen (Amoy) from Qing China.
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E.
Battle of Beilan Pass
The Battle of Beilan Pass was a key 1832 engagement in which Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeated the Ottoman army in the mountainous approaches to Anatolia, helping secure Egyptian control over Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War.
- 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 Ningpo Target entity description: The Battle of Ningpo was a key 1842 engagement during the First Opium War in which British forces successfully defended the Chinese port city of Ningbo against a major Qing counterattack.
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A.
Battle of Feng-tao
The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
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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C.
Battle of Lichuan
The Battle of Lichuan was a military engagement during the Chinese Civil War in which Nationalist forces sought to suppress Communist bases as part of the broader encirclement campaigns in Jiangxi.
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D.
Battle of Amoy
The Battle of Amoy was a key 1841 naval and amphibious engagement in the First Opium War in which British forces captured the strategic port of Xiamen (Amoy) from Qing China.
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E.
Battle of Beilan Pass
The Battle of Beilan Pass was a key 1832 engagement in which Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeated the Ottoman army in the mountainous approaches to Anatolia, helping secure Egyptian control over Syria during the Egyptian–Ottoman War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ningbo
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Ningpo
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| belligerent |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cityInvolved |
Ningbo
ⓘ
linked to:
Ningbo-Zhoushan
|
| combatant |
British forces
ⓘ
Qing forces ⓘ
linked to:
Qing army
|
| conflict |
First Opium War
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Chinese War
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| date | 1842 ⓘ |
| defender | British garrison at Ningbo ⓘ |
| location |
China
ⓘ
Ningbo ⓘ
linked to:
Ningbo-Zhoushan
Zhejiang ⓘ
linked to:
Zhejiang Province
|
| objectiveOfQingForces | recapture Ningbo ⓘ |
| opponent |
Qing imperial army
ⓘ
linked to:
Qing army
|
| outcome | British forces repelled Qing counterattack ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Opium War
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Chinese War
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| partOfCampaign | British operations along the Chinese coast in the First Opium War ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Capture of Ningbo
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Zhenhai
|
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
helped consolidate British gains in eastern China
ⓘ
secured British control of Ningbo ⓘ |
| theatre |
Chinese coastal theatre of the First Opium War
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linked to:
Anglo-Chinese War
|
| typeOf | defensive battle ⓘ |
| year | 1842 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Ningpo Description of subject: The Battle of Ningpo was a key 1842 engagement during the First Opium War in which British forces successfully defended the Chinese port city of Ningbo against a major Qing counterattack.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Ningpo