Battle of Roliça
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The Battle of Roliça was a 1808 engagement in the Peninsular War where British and Portuguese forces under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated French troops in Portugal, marking the first major British land victory of the campaign against Napoleon.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20730649 — 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 Roliça Context triple: [Battle of Vimeiro, precededBy, Battle of Roliça]
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A.
Battle of Valdevez
The Battle of Valdevez was a 12th-century confrontation between the Kingdom of León and the emerging Kingdom of Portugal that helped solidify Portuguese autonomy and contributed to its eventual recognition as an independent kingdom.
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Battle of Oporto
The Battle of Oporto was a 1809 Peninsular War engagement in which British and Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley drove Marshal Nicolas Soult’s French army from the Portuguese city of Porto.
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Battle of Castelo Rodrigo
The Battle of Castelo Rodrigo was a 1664 engagement in which Portuguese forces decisively defeated a larger Spanish army, helping secure Portugal’s independence during the Restoration War.
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D.
Battle of Alfarrobeira
The Battle of Alfarrobeira was a 1449 Portuguese civil conflict in which royal forces defeated and killed the influential infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, marking a decisive power shift in the kingdom.
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E.
Battle of the Lines of Elvas
The Battle of the Lines of Elvas was a decisive 1659 engagement in which Portuguese forces successfully lifted a Spanish siege of Elvas, helping secure Portugal’s independence during the Restoration 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: Battle of Roliça Target entity description: The Battle of Roliça was a 1808 engagement in the Peninsular War where British and Portuguese forces under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated French troops in Portugal, marking the first major British land victory of the campaign against Napoleon.
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A.
Battle of Valdevez
The Battle of Valdevez was a 12th-century confrontation between the Kingdom of León and the emerging Kingdom of Portugal that helped solidify Portuguese autonomy and contributed to its eventual recognition as an independent kingdom.
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B.
Battle of Oporto
The Battle of Oporto was a 1809 Peninsular War engagement in which British and Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley drove Marshal Nicolas Soult’s French army from the Portuguese city of Porto.
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C.
Battle of Castelo Rodrigo
The Battle of Castelo Rodrigo was a 1664 engagement in which Portuguese forces decisively defeated a larger Spanish army, helping secure Portugal’s independence during the Restoration War.
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D.
Battle of Alfarrobeira
The Battle of Alfarrobeira was a 1449 Portuguese civil conflict in which royal forces defeated and killed the influential infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, marking a decisive power shift in the kingdom.
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E.
Battle of the Lines of Elvas
The Battle of the Lines of Elvas was a decisive 1659 engagement in which Portuguese forces successfully lifted a Spanish siege of Elvas, helping secure Portugal’s independence during the Restoration War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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