Battle of Silao
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The Battle of Silao was a key military engagement during Mexico’s War of the Reform, contributing to the struggle between liberal and conservative forces over the country’s political future.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Silao canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9138530 — 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 Silao Context triple: [War of the Reform, hasPart, Battle of Silao]
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A.
Battle of Teba
The Battle of Teba was a 1330 engagement in the Reconquista in southern Spain, notable for the death of Scottish knight Sir James Douglas while carrying Robert the Bruce’s heart on crusade.
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B.
Battle of Lalakaon
The Battle of Lalakaon was a decisive 9th-century Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor that halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland and marked a turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
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C.
Battle of Chustenahlah
The Battle of Chustenahlah was an 1861 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Confederate-allied Native American forces defeated Union-aligned Native Americans, leading to a significant refugee crisis among pro-Union tribes.
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D.
Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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E.
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.
- 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 Silao Target entity description: The Battle of Silao was a key military engagement during Mexico’s War of the Reform, contributing to the struggle between liberal and conservative forces over the country’s political future.
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A.
Battle of Teba
The Battle of Teba was a 1330 engagement in the Reconquista in southern Spain, notable for the death of Scottish knight Sir James Douglas while carrying Robert the Bruce’s heart on crusade.
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B.
Battle of Lalakaon
The Battle of Lalakaon was a decisive 9th-century Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor that halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland and marked a turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
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C.
Battle of Chustenahlah
The Battle of Chustenahlah was an 1861 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Confederate-allied Native American forces defeated Union-aligned Native Americans, leading to a significant refugee crisis among pro-Union tribes.
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D.
Battle of Argaum
The Battle of Argaum was a decisive engagement of the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1803, in which British East India Company forces defeated the Maratha Confederacy in central India.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Conservatives
ⓘ
Liberals ⓘ |
| combatant |
Mexican conservative forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexican conservatives
Mexican liberal forces ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Reform ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil war battle ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| faction1Ideology | liberalism ⓘ |
| faction2Ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| hasContext |
conflict over Mexico’s political and constitutional order
ⓘ
struggle between liberal and conservative forces in Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Mexico
|
| location |
Silao
ⓘ
Silao, Guanajuato ⓘ
linked to:
Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
state of Guanajuato ⓘ
linked to:
State of Guanajuato
|
| outcome | defeat of conservative forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mexican War of the Reform
ⓘ
linked to:
Reform War
|
| relatedTo |
Battle of Calpulalpan
ⓘ
Benito Juárez ⓘ Mexican conservative government ⓘ
linked to:
Conservative government of Mexico
Mexican liberal government ⓘ |
| result | liberal victory ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to liberal consolidation of power
ⓘ
influenced Mexico’s political future ⓘ key engagement in the War of the Reform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Silao Description of subject: The Battle of Silao was a key military engagement during Mexico’s War of the Reform, contributing to the struggle between liberal and conservative forces over the country’s political future.
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