Battle of Narva (1918)
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The Battle of Narva (1918) was a key early engagement in the Estonian War of Independence, in which Estonian and German forces fought against Bolshevik troops near the city of Narva.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Narva (1918) canonical | 2 |
| Narva Offensive (1918–1919) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10108733 — 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 Narva (1918) Context triple: [Narva, siteOf, Battle of Narva (1918)]
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Battle of Narva (1944)
The Battle of Narva (1944) was a major Eastern Front engagement in World War II in which German and Estonian forces fought Soviet troops for control of the Narva region in northeastern Estonia.
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Battle of Narva (1700)
The Battle of Narva (1700) was an early Great Northern War clash in which outnumbered Swedish forces under Charles XII decisively defeated the Russian army near the city of Narva.
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Battle of Nietjärvi
The Battle of Nietjärvi was a World War II engagement in July 1944 on the Karelian Isthmus, where Finnish forces successfully halted Soviet attacks as part of the larger Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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Battle of Tallinn
The Battle of Tallinn, also known as the Battle of Lyndanisse, was a 1219 conflict during the Northern Crusades in which Danish forces under King Valdemar II defeated Estonian defenders and established Danish rule over northern Estonia.
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Tartu Offensive
The Tartu Offensive was a major World War II Soviet military operation in 1944 aimed at driving German forces out of southeastern Estonia and securing the city of Tartu.
- 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 Narva (1918) Target entity description: The Battle of Narva (1918) was a key early engagement in the Estonian War of Independence, in which Estonian and German forces fought against Bolshevik troops near the city of Narva.
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A.
Battle of Narva (1944)
The Battle of Narva (1944) was a major Eastern Front engagement in World War II in which German and Estonian forces fought Soviet troops for control of the Narva region in northeastern Estonia.
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B.
Battle of Narva (1700)
The Battle of Narva (1700) was an early Great Northern War clash in which outnumbered Swedish forces under Charles XII decisively defeated the Russian army near the city of Narva.
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C.
Battle of Nietjärvi
The Battle of Nietjärvi was a World War II engagement in July 1944 on the Karelian Isthmus, where Finnish forces successfully halted Soviet attacks as part of the larger Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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D.
Battle of Tallinn
The Battle of Tallinn, also known as the Battle of Lyndanisse, was a 1219 conflict during the Northern Crusades in which Danish forces under King Valdemar II defeated Estonian defenders and established Danish rule over northern Estonia.
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E.
Tartu Offensive
The Tartu Offensive was a major World War II Soviet military operation in 1944 aimed at driving German forces out of southeastern Estonia and securing the city of Tartu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| aim |
defend Narva from Bolshevik advance
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secure Estonian territory during independence struggle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Estonian Provisional Government
ⓘ
linked to:
Provisional Government of Estonia
German troops in Estonia ⓘ Red Army ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinWar | early phase of Estonian War of Independence ⓘ |
| combatantSide1 |
Estonian Defence Forces (early formations)
ⓘ
linked to:
Estonian Defence Forces
German Baltic forces ⓘ |
| combatantSide2 |
Red Army units of Soviet Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army units
|
| conflict | Estonian War of Independence ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| country | Estonia ⓘ |
| date | 1918-11-28 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1918-11-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Cēsis (1919)
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subsequent Estonian counteroffensive in early 1919 ⓘ |
| front | Narva front ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Bolshevik attempt to invade Estonia
ⓘ
Power vacuum after German withdrawal from World War I ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
collapse of the German Empire in 1918
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formation of independent Estonian state ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-World War I era ⓘ |
| impact |
forced Estonian forces to retreat westward
ⓘ
spurred organization and expansion of Estonian national army ⓘ |
| involves |
artillery
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom |
Battle of Narva (1700)
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Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ |
| location |
Governorate of Estonia
ⓘ
Narva ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Narva ⓘ |
| opponent |
Bolshevik troops
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
Estonian forces ⓘ
linked to:
Estonian Defence Forces
German forces ⓘ
linked to:
German military
|
| opposingIdeologies |
Bolshevism
ⓘ
Estonian nationalism ⓘ |
| outcome | Bolshevik capture of Narva ⓘ |
| partOf |
Estonian War of Independence
ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Estonian Declaration of Independence
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linked to:
Declaration of Independence of Estonia
|
| relatedTo |
Narva Offensive (1918–1919)
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linked to:
Battle of Narva (1918)
|
| result | Bolshevik victory ⓘ |
| significance |
first major battle of the Estonian War of Independence
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marked beginning of open warfare between Estonian forces and Bolsheviks ⓘ |
| startDate | 1918-11-28 ⓘ |
| theatre |
Eastern Front of the Estonian War of Independence
ⓘ
linked to:
Estonian War of Independence
|
How these facts were elicited
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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 Narva (1918) Description of subject: The Battle of Narva (1918) was a key early engagement in the Estonian War of Independence, in which Estonian and German forces fought against Bolshevik troops near the city of Narva.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Narva (1918)