Battle of Fort Lee
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The Battle of Fort Lee was a 1776 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which British and Hessian forces forced the Continental Army to abandon its fortifications and retreat across the state.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12044165 — 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: Battle of Fort Lee Context triple: [New York campaign of 1776, hasPart, Battle of Fort Lee]
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Battle of Bound Brook
The Battle of Bound Brook was a 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which British and Hessian forces launched a surprise attack on a Continental Army outpost.
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Battle of White Marsh
The Battle of White Marsh was a late-1777 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which General George Washington’s Continental Army repelled British probing attacks near Philadelphia before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
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Battle of Red Bank
The Battle of Red Bank was a 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which outnumbered Continental and militia forces successfully repelled a Hessian assault on Fort Mercer, helping to delay British control of the Delaware River during the Philadelphia campaign.
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Battle of Cooch’s Bridge
The Battle of Cooch’s Bridge was a 1777 American Revolutionary War skirmish in Delaware notable as the only major land engagement fought in that colony and as an early clash preceding the British advance toward Philadelphia.
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Battle of Fort Washington
The Battle of Fort Washington was a major American defeat during the Revolutionary War in November 1776, in which British and Hessian forces captured a key Patriot stronghold on the northern tip of Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Fort Lee Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Lee was a 1776 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which British and Hessian forces forced the Continental Army to abandon its fortifications and retreat across the state.
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A.
Battle of Bound Brook
The Battle of Bound Brook was a 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which British and Hessian forces launched a surprise attack on a Continental Army outpost.
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B.
Battle of White Marsh
The Battle of White Marsh was a late-1777 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which General George Washington’s Continental Army repelled British probing attacks near Philadelphia before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
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C.
Battle of Red Bank
The Battle of Red Bank was a 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which outnumbered Continental and militia forces successfully repelled a Hessian assault on Fort Mercer, helping to delay British control of the Delaware River during the Philadelphia campaign.
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D.
Battle of Cooch’s Bridge
The Battle of Cooch’s Bridge was a 1777 American Revolutionary War skirmish in Delaware notable as the only major land engagement fought in that colony and as an early clash preceding the British advance toward Philadelphia.
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E.
Battle of Fort Washington
The Battle of Fort Washington was a major American defeat during the Revolutionary War in November 1776, in which British and Hessian forces captured a key Patriot stronghold on the northern tip of Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
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