Battle of Telish
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The Battle of Telish was a significant engagement during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 in which Russian forces clashed with Ottoman defenders near the village of Telish in present-day Bulgaria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Telish canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7086687 — 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 Telish Context triple: [Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns, hasPart, Battle of Telish]
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Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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Battle of Buin
The Battle of Buin was a key engagement in the Chilean War of the Confederation (1836–1839), where Chilean forces fought against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation near the Buin River.
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C.
Battle of Thannuris
The Battle of Thannuris was a 6th-century clash between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire in northern Mesopotamia, notable for a major Byzantine defeat during Justinian I’s reign.
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D.
Battle of Badme
The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
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E.
Battle of Mechili
The Battle of Mechili was a 1941 engagement in Libya during the North African campaign of World War II, in which Axis forces encircled and defeated a withdrawing British-led column near the desert fort of Mechili.
- 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 Telish Target entity description: The Battle of Telish was a significant engagement during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 in which Russian forces clashed with Ottoman defenders near the village of Telish in present-day Bulgaria.
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A.
Battle of Adasa
The Battle of Adasa was a decisive engagement in 161 BCE during the Maccabean Revolt in which Judas Maccabeus defeated and killed the Seleucid general Nicanor, securing a major victory for the Jewish rebels.
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B.
Battle of Buin
The Battle of Buin was a key engagement in the Chilean War of the Confederation (1836–1839), where Chilean forces fought against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation near the Buin River.
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C.
Battle of Thannuris
The Battle of Thannuris was a 6th-century clash between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Persian Empire in northern Mesopotamia, notable for a major Byzantine defeat during Justinian I’s reign.
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D.
Battle of Badme
The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
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E.
Battle of Mechili
The Battle of Mechili was a 1941 engagement in Libya during the North African campaign of World War II, in which Axis forces encircled and defeated a withdrawing British-led column near the desert fort of Mechili.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Ottoman Empire
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| combatant |
Ottoman defenders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian forces ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfBattle | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1877 ⓘ |
| front | Balkan theatre ⓘ |
| involved |
artillery units
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infantry units ⓘ |
| location |
Telish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Bulgaria ⓘ |
| near | Pleven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayCountry | Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Siege of Plevna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Ottoman victory ⓘ |
| significance | significant engagement in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Telish Description of subject: The Battle of Telish was a significant engagement during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 in which Russian forces clashed with Ottoman defenders near the village of Telish in present-day Bulgaria.
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