Battle of Ninh Binh
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The Battle of Ninh Binh was a 1951 engagement in the First Indochina War in northern Vietnam, where French Union forces clashed with the Viet Minh near the city of Ninh Binh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Ninh Binh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5618820 — 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 Ninh Binh Context triple: [Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny, battle, Battle of Ninh Binh]
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A.
Battle of Hoa Binh
The Battle of Hoa Binh was a major 1951–1952 campaign in the First Indochina War in which Viet Minh forces fought French colonial troops for control of a strategic region in northern Vietnam.
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B.
Battle of Ap Bac
The Battle of Ap Bac was a pivotal 1963 Vietnam War clash in the Mekong Delta where outnumbered Viet Cong forces successfully resisted South Vietnamese and U.S.-advised troops, exposing major weaknesses in American-backed military strategy.
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C.
Battle of Cao Bằng
The Battle of Cao Bằng was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a significant role in the course of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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D.
Battle of Lạng Sơn
The Battle of Lạng Sơn was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a decisive role in the course and outcome of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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E.
Battle of An Lộc
The Battle of An Lộc was a major 1972 Vietnam War engagement in which South Vietnamese and U.S. forces successfully defended the town of An Lộc against a large-scale North Vietnamese assault.
- 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 Ninh Binh Target entity description: The Battle of Ninh Binh was a 1951 engagement in the First Indochina War in northern Vietnam, where French Union forces clashed with the Viet Minh near the city of Ninh Binh.
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A.
Battle of Hoa Binh
The Battle of Hoa Binh was a major 1951–1952 campaign in the First Indochina War in which Viet Minh forces fought French colonial troops for control of a strategic region in northern Vietnam.
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B.
Battle of Ap Bac
The Battle of Ap Bac was a pivotal 1963 Vietnam War clash in the Mekong Delta where outnumbered Viet Cong forces successfully resisted South Vietnamese and U.S.-advised troops, exposing major weaknesses in American-backed military strategy.
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C.
Battle of Cao Bằng
The Battle of Cao Bằng was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a significant role in the course of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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D.
Battle of Lạng Sơn
The Battle of Lạng Sơn was a key 1979 clash between Chinese and Vietnamese forces in northern Vietnam that played a decisive role in the course and outcome of the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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E.
Battle of An Lộc
The Battle of An Lộc was a major 1972 Vietnam War engagement in which South Vietnamese and U.S. forces successfully defended the town of An Lộc against a large-scale North Vietnamese assault.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| campaign | First Indochina War campaigns in northern Vietnam ⓘ |
| combatant |
French Union forces
NERFINISHED
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Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| date | 1951 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Red River Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
French Union forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| involved |
French colonial forces
NERFINISHED
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Vietnamese communist-led Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | city of Ninh Binh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Ninh Binh
NERFINISHED
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northern Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natureOfConflict | land battle ⓘ |
| opponent |
French Union forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfConflict | French Indochina conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | French–Viet Minh clash near Ninh Binh ⓘ |
| side |
French Union forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viet Minh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | northern Vietnam theater of the First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWeaponType |
artillery
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mortars ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
| year | 1951 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Ninh Binh Description of subject: The Battle of Ninh Binh was a 1951 engagement in the First Indochina War in northern Vietnam, where French Union forces clashed with the Viet Minh near the city of Ninh Binh.
Referenced by (1)
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