McSween house burning
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The McSween house burning was a pivotal and deadly confrontation during the Lincoln County War in which Alexander McSween’s home was set ablaze, leading to his death and marking a major turning point in the conflict.
All labels observed (1)
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| McSween house burning canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9323755 — 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: McSween house burning Context triple: [Lincoln County War, notableEvent, McSween house burning]
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A.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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B.
Pavonia Massacre
The Pavonia Massacre was a 1643 attack by Dutch colonists on Lenape Native Americans in present-day Jersey City, New Jersey, that helped ignite the broader conflict known as Kieft's War.
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C.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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D.
Battle of Newtown
The Battle of Newtown was a pivotal 1779 Revolutionary War engagement in which American forces under General John Sullivan decisively defeated a combined British and Iroquois force, crippling Iroquois resistance in upstate New York.
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E.
Wyoming Massacre
The Wyoming Massacre was a brutal 1778 American Revolutionary War attack in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley, where British-allied Loyalist and Iroquois forces killed many American settlers.
- 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: McSween house burning Target entity description: The McSween house burning was a pivotal and deadly confrontation during the Lincoln County War in which Alexander McSween’s home was set ablaze, leading to his death and marking a major turning point in the conflict.
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A.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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B.
Pavonia Massacre
The Pavonia Massacre was a 1643 attack by Dutch colonists on Lenape Native Americans in present-day Jersey City, New Jersey, that helped ignite the broader conflict known as Kieft's War.
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C.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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D.
Battle of Newtown
The Battle of Newtown was a pivotal 1779 Revolutionary War engagement in which American forces under General John Sullivan decisively defeated a combined British and Iroquois force, crippling Iroquois resistance in upstate New York.
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E.
Wyoming Massacre
The Wyoming Massacre was a brutal 1778 American Revolutionary War attack in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley, where British-allied Loyalist and Iroquois forces killed many American settlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict incident
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historical event ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Billy the Kid
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Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| casualty | Alexander McSween ⓘ |
| cause | power struggle in Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| conflict | Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| consequence |
increased public attention to violence in Lincoln County War
ⓘ
shift in local power balance toward Murphy-Dolan interests ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| description | pivotal and deadly confrontation in which Alexander McSween’s home was set ablaze ⓘ |
| effect | major turning point in Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| hasVictim | supporters of the McSween faction inside the house ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the eventual winding down of open warfare in Lincoln County War
ⓘ
marked decline of McSween faction’s power in Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| location |
Lincoln, New Mexico Territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, United States
|
| method | house set on fire to force occupants out ⓘ |
| motivation | attempt to eliminate McSween faction leadership ⓘ |
| participant |
Alexander McSween
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Murphy-Dolan faction ⓘ
linked to:
Murphy–Dolan faction
Regulators ⓘ posse aligned with Murphy-Dolan interests ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
siege of Lincoln
ⓘ
linked to:
siege of Lincoln (1141)
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| relatedTo | economic and political rivalry in Lincoln County ⓘ |
| result |
death of Alexander McSween
ⓘ
escalation of Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| tactic |
siege of McSween residence
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use of arson against fortified building ⓘ |
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Subject: McSween house burning Description of subject: The McSween house burning was a pivotal and deadly confrontation during the Lincoln County War in which Alexander McSween’s home was set ablaze, leading to his death and marking a major turning point in the conflict.
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