Battle of the Acesines River
E398879
The Battle of the Acesines River was a lesser-known engagement during Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign, fought after the Hydaspes as Macedonian forces continued their advance in the Punjab region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Acesines River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3648697 — 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 the Acesines River Context triple: [Battle of the Hydaspes, precededBy, Battle of the Acesines River]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Battle of Senta
The Battle of Senta was a decisive 1697 clash in which Habsburg forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Ottoman army, significantly weakening Ottoman power in Central Europe.
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E.
Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
- 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 the Acesines River Target entity description: The Battle of the Acesines River was a lesser-known engagement during Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign, fought after the Hydaspes as Macedonian forces continued their advance in the Punjab region.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Battle of Senta
The Battle of Senta was a decisive 1697 clash in which Habsburg forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Ottoman army, significantly weakening Ottoman power in Central Europe.
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E.
Battle of Italeni
The Battle of Italeni was a key 1838 clash during the conflicts between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom in what is now South Africa, marked by a significant Boer defeat that shaped the course of the Great Trek.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder | after the Battle of the Hydaspes in Alexander’s campaign ⓘ |
| combatant |
Macedonian army
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forces in the Punjab region ⓘ |
| commander | Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| foughtAfter | Battle of the Hydaspes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian subcontinent
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Punjab ⓘ
surface form:
Punjab region
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| namedAfter | Acesines River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mallian campaign of Alexander the Great
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surface form:
Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign
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| relativeNotability | lesser-known engagement of Alexander’s Indian campaign ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Acesines River Description of subject: The Battle of the Acesines River was a lesser-known engagement during Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign, fought after the Hydaspes as Macedonian forces continued their advance in the Punjab region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.