Battle of Misilmeri
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The Battle of Misilmeri was a key 11th-century clash in Sicily in which Norman forces defeated local Muslim rulers, helping to secure Norman dominance in southern Italy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Misilmeri canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4472243 — 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: Battle of Misilmeri Context triple: [Norman conquest of southern Italy, significantEvent, Battle of Misilmeri]
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A.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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B.
Battle of Orivesi
The Battle of Orivesi was a key engagement during the Finnish Civil War of 1918, in which White forces clashed with Red Guards in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland.
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C.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
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E.
Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
- 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 Misilmeri Target entity description: The Battle of Misilmeri was a key 11th-century clash in Sicily in which Norman forces defeated local Muslim rulers, helping to secure Norman dominance in southern Italy.
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A.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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B.
Battle of Orivesi
The Battle of Orivesi was a key engagement during the Finnish Civil War of 1918, in which White forces clashed with Red Guards in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland.
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C.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
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E.
Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Emirate of Sicily
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Norman County of Sicily ⓘ
linked to:
County of Sicily
|
| combatant |
Muslim forces in Sicily
ⓘ
Normans ⓘ |
| conflictType | medieval battle ⓘ |
| consequence |
advance of Norman dominance in southern Italy
ⓘ
strengthening of Norman control in Sicily ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Emirate of Sicily ⓘ |
| date | 1068 ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Norman campaigns in Sicily ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Muslim Sicilian troops
ⓘ
Norman knights ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Kingdom of Sicily (later)
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linked to:
Kingdom of Sicily
|
| locatedIn |
Misilmeri
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Sicily ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ |
| outcome | defeat of local Muslim rulers ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norman conquest of Sicily
ⓘ
Norman expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| result | Norman victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
helped secure Norman dominance in Sicily
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weakened Muslim political power in Sicily ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Battle of Misilmeri Description of subject: The Battle of Misilmeri was a key 11th-century clash in Sicily in which Norman forces defeated local Muslim rulers, helping to secure Norman dominance in southern Italy.
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