Sheridan’s Burning
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Sheridan’s Burning is a historical event referring to the widespread destruction by fire of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia carried out by Union General Philip Sheridan during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sheridan’s Burning canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17628578 — 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: Sheridan’s Burning Context triple: [The Burning, alsoKnownAs, Sheridan’s Burning]
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Sheridan’s Ride
"Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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B.
The Man from Bitter Ridge
The Man from Bitter Ridge is a 1955 American Western film known for its story of a lawman investigating corruption in a small town and for featuring actress Mara Corday.
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C.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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D.
Eliott's Light Horse
Eliott's Light Horse was the original cavalry regiment that later became known as the 15th Light Dragoons, a British light cavalry unit of the 18th century.
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E.
Heroes of the Frontier
Heroes of the Frontier is a contemporary novel by Dave Eggers that follows a disgraced dentist and her two children on a soul-searching road trip through the Alaskan wilderness.
- 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: Sheridan’s Burning Target entity description: Sheridan’s Burning is a historical event referring to the widespread destruction by fire of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia carried out by Union General Philip Sheridan during the American Civil War.
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A.
Sheridan’s Ride
"Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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B.
The Man from Bitter Ridge
The Man from Bitter Ridge is a 1955 American Western film known for its story of a lawman investigating corruption in a small town and for featuring actress Mara Corday.
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C.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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D.
Eliott's Light Horse
Eliott's Light Horse was the original cavalry regiment that later became known as the 15th Light Dragoons, a British light cavalry unit of the 18th century.
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E.
Heroes of the Frontier
Heroes of the Frontier is a contemporary novel by Dave Eggers that follows a disgraced dentist and her two children on a soul-searching road trip through the Alaskan wilderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.