Siege of Chandax
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The Siege of Chandax was a protracted 10th-century Byzantine campaign that culminated in the reconquest of Crete from the Arabs, restoring imperial control over the island and curbing piracy in the eastern Mediterranean.
All labels observed (2)
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| Siege of Chandax canonical | 1 |
| Siege of Chandax (960–961) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18216845 — 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: Siege of Chandax Context triple: [Nikephoros II Phokas, battle, Siege of Chandax]
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Siege of Atella
The Siege of Atella was a 1496 Italian Wars engagement in which Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba captured the Neapolitan town of Atella from French control.
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Siege of Corioli
The Siege of Corioli was an early 5th-century BC Roman military action against the Volscian city of Corioli, famed as the campaign in which the legendary general Gaius Marcius earned the cognomen “Coriolanus.”
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C.
Siege of Patras
The Siege of Patras was a key late-17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, during which Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port city of Patras in the course of the Morean War.
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Siege of Modon
The Siege of Modon was a key late 17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, where Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port fortress of Modon during the Morean War.
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E.
Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
- 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: Siege of Chandax Target entity description: The Siege of Chandax was a protracted 10th-century Byzantine campaign that culminated in the reconquest of Crete from the Arabs, restoring imperial control over the island and curbing piracy in the eastern Mediterranean.
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A.
Siege of Atella
The Siege of Atella was a 1496 Italian Wars engagement in which Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba captured the Neapolitan town of Atella from French control.
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B.
Siege of Corioli
The Siege of Corioli was an early 5th-century BC Roman military action against the Volscian city of Corioli, famed as the campaign in which the legendary general Gaius Marcius earned the cognomen “Coriolanus.”
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C.
Siege of Patras
The Siege of Patras was a key late-17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, during which Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port city of Patras in the course of the Morean War.
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D.
Siege of Modon
The Siege of Modon was a key late 17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, where Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port fortress of Modon during the Morean War.
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E.
Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse was a major Roman military campaign during the Second Punic War, famous for the city’s prolonged resistance aided by Archimedes’ ingenious defensive war machines before its eventual capture in 212 BC.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Siege of Chandax