Spanish expeditions against Sulu
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The Spanish expeditions against Sulu were a series of 16th–19th century military campaigns by colonial Spain to subdue the Sultanate of Sulu and control its strategic trade routes and resistance in the southern Philippines.
All labels observed (1)
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| Spanish expeditions against Sulu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16575454 — 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: Spanish expeditions against Sulu Context triple: [Spanish–Moro conflict, hasPart, Spanish expeditions against Sulu]
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A.
Spanish conquest of the Philippines
The Spanish conquest of the Philippines was the 16th-century campaign by Spain to subjugate and colonize the Philippine archipelago, establishing long-term Spanish rule and spreading Christianity across the islands.
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B.
Tagalog War
The Tagalog War was a major 19th-century uprising in the Philippines in which Tagalog-speaking Filipinos rebelled against Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Dutch–Spanish conflicts in the Philippines
The Dutch–Spanish conflicts in the Philippines were a series of 17th-century naval and military clashes in Southeast Asian waters, as the Dutch sought to challenge Spanish colonial control and dominate regional trade routes.
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D.
1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition
The 1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition was a Spanish Pacific voyage of exploration that resulted in the first recorded European discovery of the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Luzon campaign of the Philippine–American War
The Luzon campaign of the Philippine–American War was the major U.S. military offensive to secure control over the island of Luzon and suppress Filipino resistance following the Spanish–American 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: Spanish expeditions against Sulu Target entity description: The Spanish expeditions against Sulu were a series of 16th–19th century military campaigns by colonial Spain to subdue the Sultanate of Sulu and control its strategic trade routes and resistance in the southern Philippines.
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A.
Spanish conquest of the Philippines
The Spanish conquest of the Philippines was the 16th-century campaign by Spain to subjugate and colonize the Philippine archipelago, establishing long-term Spanish rule and spreading Christianity across the islands.
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B.
Tagalog War
The Tagalog War was a major 19th-century uprising in the Philippines in which Tagalog-speaking Filipinos rebelled against Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Dutch–Spanish conflicts in the Philippines
The Dutch–Spanish conflicts in the Philippines were a series of 17th-century naval and military clashes in Southeast Asian waters, as the Dutch sought to challenge Spanish colonial control and dominate regional trade routes.
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D.
1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition
The 1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition was a Spanish Pacific voyage of exploration that resulted in the first recorded European discovery of the Solomon Islands.
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E.
Luzon campaign of the Philippine–American War
The Luzon campaign of the Philippine–American War was the major U.S. military offensive to secure control over the island of Luzon and suppress Filipino resistance following the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.