Lafayette’s division
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Lafayette’s division was a Continental Army unit commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette that played a key role in the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lafayette’s division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T733717 — 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: Lafayette’s division Context triple: [Siege of Yorktown, notableUnit, Lafayette’s division]
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A.
Seven Days Battles
The Seven Days Battles were a series of American Civil War engagements in 1862 near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee halted the Union Army’s Peninsula Campaign.
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B.
Overland Campaign
The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
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C.
Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle was a major 1666 naval engagement between the English and Dutch fleets, renowned as one of the longest and bloodiest sea battles in history.
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D.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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E.
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run was a major American Civil War engagement in August 1862 in Virginia, where Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson decisively defeated the Union Army, solidifying Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater.
- 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: Lafayette’s division Target entity description: Lafayette’s division was a Continental Army unit commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette that played a key role in the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
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A.
Seven Days Battles
The Seven Days Battles were a series of American Civil War engagements in 1862 near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee halted the Union Army’s Peninsula Campaign.
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B.
Overland Campaign
The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
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C.
Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle was a major 1666 naval engagement between the English and Dutch fleets, renowned as one of the longest and bloodiest sea battles in history.
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D.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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E.
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run was a major American Civil War engagement in August 1862 in Virginia, where Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson decisively defeated the Union Army, solidifying Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Army unit
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infantry division ⓘ military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French-American cooperation in the Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| branch | Continental Army infantry ⓘ |
| campaign |
Yorktown campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Yorktown
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| commander |
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
ⓘ
linked to:
Marquis de Lafayette
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| commanderRank | major general ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
French Army units at Yorktown
ⓘ
linked to:
French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| engagedAgainst | British positions around Yorktown ⓘ |
| engagedIn | operations leading up to the Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped secure decisive American victory leading to British negotiations for peace ⓘ |
| locationDuringYorktown |
Yorktown, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Yorktown
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| namedAfter | Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributing to the encirclement of British forces at Yorktown
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service under a French nobleman in American service ⓘ |
| opposed |
British Army
ⓘ
forces of Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| partOf | Continental Army ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | key role in American victory at the Siege of Yorktown ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Patriot forces ⓘ |
| supported |
George Washington’s main army at Yorktown
ⓘ
linked to:
Continental Army
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| supportedBy | French forces under Comte de Rochambeau ⓘ |
| theater | Virginia campaign ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late stages of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Lafayette’s division Description of subject: Lafayette’s division was a Continental Army unit commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette that played a key role in the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
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