Battle of the Washita
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The Battle of the Washita was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, widely regarded as a massacre of Native Americans.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12620726 — 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 the Washita Context triple: [Washita Massacre, alsoKnownAs, Battle of the Washita]
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Battle of Bear Paw
The Battle of Bear Paw was the final major engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, where U.S. forces halted Chief Joseph’s band just short of the Canadian border, leading to his famous surrender.
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Battle of the Big Hole
The Battle of the Big Hole was an 1877 clash in Montana between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce that marked one of the bloodiest and most pivotal engagements of the Nez Perce War.
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Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
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Battle of Honey Springs
The Battle of Honey Springs was a significant 1863 American Civil War engagement in present-day Oklahoma, notable for its large participation of Native American and African American troops and for helping secure Union control of Indian Territory.
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Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a 1778 American Revolutionary War clash in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley in which British forces and their Iroquois allies devastated local Patriot militia and settlers.
- 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 the Washita Target entity description: The Battle of the Washita was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, widely regarded as a massacre of Native Americans.
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A.
Battle of Bear Paw
The Battle of Bear Paw was the final major engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, where U.S. forces halted Chief Joseph’s band just short of the Canadian border, leading to his famous surrender.
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B.
Battle of the Big Hole
The Battle of the Big Hole was an 1877 clash in Montana between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce that marked one of the bloodiest and most pivotal engagements of the Nez Perce War.
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C.
Battle of White Bird Canyon
The Battle of White Bird Canyon was the opening engagement of the Nez Perce War in 1877, in which Nez Perce warriors decisively defeated U.S. Army forces in present-day Idaho.
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D.
Battle of Honey Springs
The Battle of Honey Springs was a significant 1863 American Civil War engagement in present-day Oklahoma, notable for its large participation of Native American and African American troops and for helping secure Union control of Indian Territory.
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E.
Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming was a 1778 American Revolutionary War clash in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley in which British forces and their Iroquois allies devastated local Patriot militia and settlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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