English capture of Edinburgh
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The English capture of Edinburgh was a key event during Oliver Cromwell’s 1650–1651 campaign in Scotland, marking the fall of the Scottish capital to English Parliamentary forces.
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| English capture of Edinburgh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19894941 — 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: English capture of Edinburgh Context triple: [English invasion of Scotland (1650–1651), hasNotableEvent, English capture of Edinburgh]
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capture of Newcastle upon Tyne
The capture of Newcastle upon Tyne was a key military victory by Scottish Covenanter forces during the Second Bishops' War in 1640, securing control of an important English coal and port city.
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B.
Burning of Edinburgh in 1544
The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 was an English assault and large-scale destruction of Scotland’s capital during Henry VIII’s campaign to force a marriage alliance in the War of the Rough Wooing.
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C.
English invasion of Scotland (1296)
The English invasion of Scotland in 1296 was King Edward I’s military campaign that launched the First War of Scottish Independence, marked by the swift conquest of key Scottish strongholds and the temporary subjugation of Scotland.
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D.
British capture of Jerusalem
The British capture of Jerusalem was a key World War I military operation in December 1917, when British Empire forces took the city from the Ottoman Empire, marking a major turning point in the Middle Eastern theatre.
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E.
capture of Roxburgh Castle
The capture of Roxburgh Castle was a key Scottish victory during the Wars of Independence, when Sir James Douglas seized the English-held stronghold in 1314, bolstering Robert the Bruce’s campaign.
- 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: English capture of Edinburgh Target entity description: The English capture of Edinburgh was a key event during Oliver Cromwell’s 1650–1651 campaign in Scotland, marking the fall of the Scottish capital to English Parliamentary forces.
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A.
capture of Newcastle upon Tyne
The capture of Newcastle upon Tyne was a key military victory by Scottish Covenanter forces during the Second Bishops' War in 1640, securing control of an important English coal and port city.
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B.
Burning of Edinburgh in 1544
The Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 was an English assault and large-scale destruction of Scotland’s capital during Henry VIII’s campaign to force a marriage alliance in the War of the Rough Wooing.
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C.
English invasion of Scotland (1296)
The English invasion of Scotland in 1296 was King Edward I’s military campaign that launched the First War of Scottish Independence, marked by the swift conquest of key Scottish strongholds and the temporary subjugation of Scotland.
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D.
British capture of Jerusalem
The British capture of Jerusalem was a key World War I military operation in December 1917, when British Empire forces took the city from the Ottoman Empire, marking a major turning point in the Middle Eastern theatre.
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E.
capture of Roxburgh Castle
The capture of Roxburgh Castle was a key Scottish victory during the Wars of Independence, when Sir James Douglas seized the English-held stronghold in 1314, bolstering Robert the Bruce’s campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
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