Battle of Lộc Ninh
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The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major engagement during the Vietnam War in 1967, in which North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked and briefly overran the district town of Lộc Ninh near the Cambodian border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Lộc Ninh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11043573 — 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 Lộc Ninh Context triple: [Lộc Ninh District, hasHistoricalEvent, Battle of Lộc Ninh]
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A.
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.
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B.
Battle of Ninh Binh
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Battle of Chi Lăng
The Battle of Chi Lăng was a historic Vietnamese military victory, most famously in 1427, where local forces used the mountainous terrain to decisively defeat invading Chinese Ming troops.
- 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 Lộc Ninh Target entity description: The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major engagement during the Vietnam War in 1967, in which North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked and briefly overran the district town of Lộc Ninh near the Cambodian border.
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A.
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.
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B.
Battle of Ninh Binh
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Battle of Chi Lăng
The Battle of Chi Lăng was a historic Vietnamese military victory, most famously in 1427, where local forces used the mountainous terrain to decisively defeat invading Chinese Ming troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Viet Cong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Allied forces
ⓘ
Communist forces ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country | South Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1967 ⓘ |
| description | North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked and briefly overran the district town of Lộc Ninh ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| location |
Bình Long Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lộc Ninh NERFINISHED ⓘ South Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Cambodian border ⓘ |
| opponent |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Vietnamese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Viet Cong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of area near Cambodian border ⓘ |
| temporarilyOverrunBy |
North Vietnamese forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viet Cong forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| townOverrun | Lộc Ninh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfAction | offensive ⓘ |
| year | 1967 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Lộc Ninh Description of subject: The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major engagement during the Vietnam War in 1967, in which North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked and briefly overran the district town of Lộc Ninh near the Cambodian border.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lộc Ninh District