U.S. occupation of Mexico City
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The U.S. occupation of Mexico City was the 1847 seizure and control of Mexico’s capital by American forces during the Mexican–American War, effectively ending major hostilities and paving the way for the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. invasion of central Mexico | 1 |
| U.S. occupation of Mexico City canonical | 1 |
| defense of Mexico City (Mexican–American War) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12242218 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. occupation of Mexico City Context triple: [Battle of Churubusco, relatedEvent, U.S. occupation of Mexico City]
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U.S. occupation of Monterrey
The U.S. occupation of Monterrey was a key early American military seizure and control of the Mexican city of Monterrey during the Mexican–American War, setting the stage for later battles such as Buena Vista.
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B.
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914
The United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 was a World War I–era intervention in Mexico in which U.S. forces seized the strategic Gulf Coast city to prevent a German arms shipment from reaching the government of Victoriano Huerta.
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C.
Capture of Mexico City (1863)
The Capture of Mexico City (1863) was a decisive French and conservative Mexican victory during the French intervention that led to the occupation of the capital and paved the way for the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire under Maximilian I.
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French intervention in Mexico
The French intervention in Mexico was a mid-19th-century military campaign in which France, backed at times by Britain and Spain, invaded Mexico to install Emperor Maximilian I and challenge Mexican sovereignty under President Benito Juárez.
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Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American 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: U.S. occupation of Mexico City Target entity description: The U.S. occupation of Mexico City was the 1847 seizure and control of Mexico’s capital by American forces during the Mexican–American War, effectively ending major hostilities and paving the way for the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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A.
U.S. occupation of Monterrey
The U.S. occupation of Monterrey was a key early American military seizure and control of the Mexican city of Monterrey during the Mexican–American War, setting the stage for later battles such as Buena Vista.
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B.
United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914
The United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 was a World War I–era intervention in Mexico in which U.S. forces seized the strategic Gulf Coast city to prevent a German arms shipment from reaching the government of Victoriano Huerta.
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C.
Capture of Mexico City (1863)
The Capture of Mexico City (1863) was a decisive French and conservative Mexican victory during the French intervention that led to the occupation of the capital and paved the way for the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire under Maximilian I.
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D.
French intervention in Mexico
The French intervention in Mexico was a mid-19th-century military campaign in which France, backed at times by Britain and Spain, invaded Mexico to install Emperor Maximilian I and challenge Mexican sovereignty under President Benito Juárez.
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E.
Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. invasion of central Mexico
this entity surface form:
defense of Mexico City (Mexican–American War)