British Irrawaddy River campaign
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The British Irrawaddy River campaign was a series of British military operations conducted along Burma’s Irrawaddy River during the First Anglo-Burmese War to secure control over key inland territories.
All labels observed (1)
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| British Irrawaddy River campaign canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14883170 — 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: British Irrawaddy River campaign Context triple: [Siege of Prome, isPartOfCampaign, British Irrawaddy River campaign]
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A.
Tigris expedition
The Tigris expedition was a 1978 reed-boat voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contacts between Mesopotamia and neighboring civilizations.
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B.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
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C.
British control of the Straits Zone
British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Navy Island campaign
The Navy Island campaign was a brief 1837–1838 episode during the Upper Canada Rebellion in which Canadian rebels and American sympathizers occupied Navy Island in the Niagara River as a base for armed resistance against British colonial rule.
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E.
Egyptian campaign
The Egyptian campaign was a series of World War II military operations in and around Egypt, primarily between British Commonwealth and Axis forces, that were crucial for control of the Suez Canal and North African supply routes.
- 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: British Irrawaddy River campaign Target entity description: The British Irrawaddy River campaign was a series of British military operations conducted along Burma’s Irrawaddy River during the First Anglo-Burmese War to secure control over key inland territories.
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A.
Tigris expedition
The Tigris expedition was a 1978 reed-boat voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl to demonstrate possible ancient maritime contacts between Mesopotamia and neighboring civilizations.
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B.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
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C.
British control of the Straits Zone
British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Navy Island campaign
The Navy Island campaign was a brief 1837–1838 episode during the Upper Canada Rebellion in which Canadian rebels and American sympathizers occupied Navy Island in the Niagara River as a base for armed resistance against British colonial rule.
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E.
Egyptian campaign
The Egyptian campaign was a series of World War II military operations in and around Egypt, primarily between British Commonwealth and Axis forces, that were crucial for control of the Suez Canal and North African supply routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.