Siege of Sherborne Castle
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The Siege of Sherborne Castle was a key 1645 engagement of the English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces captured a major Royalist stronghold in Dorset.
All labels observed (1)
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| Siege of Sherborne Castle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18620099 — 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: Siege of Sherborne Castle Context triple: [Parliamentarian Western campaign of 1645, hasPart, Siege of Sherborne Castle]
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Siege of Pembroke
The Siege of Pembroke was a 1648 Parliamentarian blockade and capture of the Royalist-held Pembroke Castle in Wales, a key engagement that helped end organized Royalist resistance in the Second English Civil War.
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Siege of Bridgwater
The Siege of Bridgwater was a key 1645 English Civil War engagement in which Parliamentarian forces captured the Royalist-held town of Bridgwater in Somerset.
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Siege of Oxford
The Siege of Oxford was a key Parliamentarian blockade of the Royalist capital during the English Civil War, aiming to force King Charles I’s surrender.
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Siege of Château Gaillard
The Siege of Château Gaillard (1203–1204) was a pivotal medieval conflict in which Philip II of France captured King John of England’s formidable Norman fortress, leading to the French conquest of much of Normandy.
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Siege of Kenilworth
The Siege of Kenilworth was a prolonged 1266 royalist siege of the rebel-held Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, England, and one of the largest and most decisive military operations of the Second Barons' 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: Siege of Sherborne Castle Target entity description: The Siege of Sherborne Castle was a key 1645 engagement of the English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces captured a major Royalist stronghold in Dorset.
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A.
Siege of Pembroke
The Siege of Pembroke was a 1648 Parliamentarian blockade and capture of the Royalist-held Pembroke Castle in Wales, a key engagement that helped end organized Royalist resistance in the Second English Civil War.
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B.
Siege of Bridgwater
The Siege of Bridgwater was a key 1645 English Civil War engagement in which Parliamentarian forces captured the Royalist-held town of Bridgwater in Somerset.
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C.
Siege of Oxford
The Siege of Oxford was a key Parliamentarian blockade of the Royalist capital during the English Civil War, aiming to force King Charles I’s surrender.
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D.
Siege of Château Gaillard
The Siege of Château Gaillard (1203–1204) was a pivotal medieval conflict in which Philip II of France captured King John of England’s formidable Norman fortress, leading to the French conquest of much of Normandy.
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E.
Siege of Kenilworth
The Siege of Kenilworth was a prolonged 1266 royalist siege of the rebel-held Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, England, and one of the largest and most decisive military operations of the Second Barons' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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