Battle of Hedgeley Moor
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The Battle of Hedgeley Moor was a 1464 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in Northumberland, where Yorkist forces under John Neville defeated a Lancastrian army, helping to secure Edward IV’s hold on the English throne.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Hedgeley Moor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22078155 — 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 Hedgeley Moor Context triple: [Battle of Hexham, precededBy, Battle of Hedgeley Moor]
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A.
Battle of Sedgemore
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final pitched battle of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, marking the last major engagement fought on English soil.
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B.
Battle of Homildon Hill
The Battle of Homildon Hill was a 1402 English victory over the Scots in Northumberland, notable for the devastating effectiveness of English longbowmen against a Scottish army.
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C.
Battle of Losecoat Field
The Battle of Losecoat Field was a 1470 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which King Edward IV crushed a Lincolnshire rebellion, helping to temporarily secure his Yorkist rule.
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D.
Battle of Burton Bridge
The Battle of Burton Bridge was an early engagement in the Despenser War of 1321–1322 in which forces loyal to King Edward II clashed with rebellious barons in Staffordshire, England.
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E.
Battle of Selby
The Battle of Selby was a key 1644 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax defeated the Royalists, opening the way for the capture of York.
- 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 Hedgeley Moor Target entity description: The Battle of Hedgeley Moor was a 1464 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in Northumberland, where Yorkist forces under John Neville defeated a Lancastrian army, helping to secure Edward IV’s hold on the English throne.
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A.
Battle of Sedgemore
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final pitched battle of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, marking the last major engagement fought on English soil.
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B.
Battle of Homildon Hill
The Battle of Homildon Hill was a 1402 English victory over the Scots in Northumberland, notable for the devastating effectiveness of English longbowmen against a Scottish army.
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C.
Battle of Losecoat Field
The Battle of Losecoat Field was a 1470 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which King Edward IV crushed a Lincolnshire rebellion, helping to temporarily secure his Yorkist rule.
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D.
Battle of Burton Bridge
The Battle of Burton Bridge was an early engagement in the Despenser War of 1321–1322 in which forces loyal to King Edward II clashed with rebellious barons in Staffordshire, England.
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E.
Battle of Selby
The Battle of Selby was a key 1644 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax defeated the Royalists, opening the way for the capture of York.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.