Battle of Cassano
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The Battle of Cassano was a 1799 engagement during the War of the Second Coalition in which Russian general Alexander Suvorov’s forces defeated the French near the Adda River in northern Italy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Cassano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8753687 — 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: Battle of Cassano Context triple: [Italian and Swiss campaigns of Suvorov, notableBattle, Battle of Cassano]
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Battle of Scapezzano
The Battle of Scapezzano was a minor 1815 engagement in Italy during the Neapolitan War, in which Austrian forces clashed with the army of Joachim Murat as his rule over Naples collapsed.
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Battle of Montese
The Battle of Montese was a World War II engagement in Italy in April 1945, where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to break German defensive lines in the Apennine Mountains.
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Battle of San Pietro Infine
The Battle of San Pietro Infine was a hard-fought World War II engagement in late 1943 in southern Italy, where Allied forces struggled to break through German defensive positions in the mountainous terrain of the Winter Line.
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Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
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Battle of San Pietro
The Battle of San Pietro was a 1734 engagement in Italy during the War of the Polish Succession, where French and Sardinian forces defeated the Austrian army near Parma.
- 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: Battle of Cassano Target entity description: The Battle of Cassano was a 1799 engagement during the War of the Second Coalition in which Russian general Alexander Suvorov’s forces defeated the French near the Adda River in northern Italy.
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A.
Battle of Scapezzano
The Battle of Scapezzano was a minor 1815 engagement in Italy during the Neapolitan War, in which Austrian forces clashed with the army of Joachim Murat as his rule over Naples collapsed.
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B.
Battle of Montese
The Battle of Montese was a World War II engagement in Italy in April 1945, where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to break German defensive lines in the Apennine Mountains.
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C.
Battle of San Pietro Infine
The Battle of San Pietro Infine was a hard-fought World War II engagement in late 1943 in southern Italy, where Allied forces struggled to break through German defensive positions in the mountainous terrain of the Winter Line.
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D.
Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello was a key World War II engagement in the Italian Campaign where Allied forces, including the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, fought to seize a strategic mountain position from German troops.
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E.
Battle of San Pietro
The Battle of San Pietro was a 1734 engagement in Italy during the War of the Polish Succession, where French and Sardinian forces defeated the Austrian army near Parma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Suvorov’s Italian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Coalition forces
ⓘ
French forces ⓘ |
| commander |
Alexander Suvorov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Victor Marie Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| date | 1799 ⓘ |
| era | French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of the Trebbia (1799) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
near the Adda River
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northern Italy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cassano d’Adda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommanderSide |
Alexander Suvorov for the Coalition
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Jean Victor Marie Moreau for France ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Magnano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lombardy ⓘ |
| result | Russian and Austrian victory ⓘ |
| river | Adda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | expel French forces from northern Italy ⓘ |
| theatre | Italian campaign of the War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearInConflict | 1799 in military history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Cassano Description of subject: The Battle of Cassano was a 1799 engagement during the War of the Second Coalition in which Russian general Alexander Suvorov’s forces defeated the French near the Adda River in northern Italy.
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