Battle of Roslin
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The Battle of Roslin was a 1303 engagement during the First War of Scottish Independence in which Scottish forces achieved a notable victory over a larger English army near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Roslin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6857444 — 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 Roslin Context triple: [Roslin, historicalEventNearby, Battle of Roslin]
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A.
Battle of Dunbar
The Battle of Dunbar was a major engagement of the Third English Civil War in 1650, in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army decisively defeated the Scottish Covenanter forces, securing English control over much of Scotland.
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B.
Battle of Inverkeithing
The Battle of Inverkeithing was a 1651 engagement in Scotland in which English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a Scottish Royalist army, helping to secure Oliver Cromwell’s control over Scotland.
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C.
Battle of Carbisdale
The Battle of Carbisdale was a 1650 engagement in northern Scotland where Royalist forces under James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, were decisively defeated, effectively ending his final campaign for Charles II.
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D.
Battle of Rullion Green
The Battle of Rullion Green was a 1666 clash in the Pentland Hills where government forces crushed a Covenanter uprising in Scotland, marking a key early defeat for Presbyterian resistance to royal religious policies.
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E.
Battle of Falkirk Muir
The Battle of Falkirk Muir was a 1746 Jacobite victory in Scotland during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, where Charles Edward Stuart’s forces defeated government troops near Falkirk.
- 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 Roslin Target entity description: The Battle of Roslin was a 1303 engagement during the First War of Scottish Independence in which Scottish forces achieved a notable victory over a larger English army near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
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A.
Battle of Dunbar
The Battle of Dunbar was a major engagement of the Third English Civil War in 1650, in which Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army decisively defeated the Scottish Covenanter forces, securing English control over much of Scotland.
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B.
Battle of Inverkeithing
The Battle of Inverkeithing was a 1651 engagement in Scotland in which English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a Scottish Royalist army, helping to secure Oliver Cromwell’s control over Scotland.
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C.
Battle of Carbisdale
The Battle of Carbisdale was a 1650 engagement in northern Scotland where Royalist forces under James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, were decisively defeated, effectively ending his final campaign for Charles II.
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D.
Battle of Rullion Green
The Battle of Rullion Green was a 1666 clash in the Pentland Hills where government forces crushed a Covenanter uprising in Scotland, marking a key early defeat for Presbyterian resistance to royal religious policies.
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E.
Battle of Falkirk Muir
The Battle of Falkirk Muir was a 1746 Jacobite victory in Scotland during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, where Charles Edward Stuart’s forces defeated government troops near Falkirk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Midlothian local history
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Scottish national history ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| combatant |
English forces
ⓘ
Scottish forces ⓘ |
| conflict | First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| date | 1303 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
English chronicles
ⓘ
Scottish chronicles ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
boosted Scottish morale
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limited long-term strategic impact ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfPrimarySources |
Latin
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Middle English ⓘ Scots ⓘ |
| historicalEra | medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| location |
Midlothian
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Roslin ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| near | village of Roslin ⓘ |
| notableFor | Scottish victory over larger English army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-Scottish wars
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linked to:
Anglo-Scottish Wars
First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| precededBy | English invasion of Scotland (1303) ⓘ |
| region | Lothian ⓘ |
| result | Scottish victory ⓘ |
| year | 1303 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Roslin Description of subject: The Battle of Roslin was a 1303 engagement during the First War of Scottish Independence in which Scottish forces achieved a notable victory over a larger English army near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
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