Battle of Lochaber (1346)
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The Battle of Lochaber (1346) was a lesser-known engagement in the later stages of the Second War of Scottish Independence, involving Scottish forces in the Highlands during ongoing conflicts with England and internal Scottish factions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Lochaber (1346) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13380757 — 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 Lochaber (1346) Context triple: [Second War of Scottish Independence, hasBattle, Battle of Lochaber (1346)]
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A.
Battle of Inverlochy (1431)
The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) was a significant clash in the Scottish Highlands in which forces loyal to the Lord of the Isles defeated a royal army, reinforcing Gaelic power against the Scottish crown.
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B.
Battle of Dalrigh
The Battle of Dalrigh was a 1306 clash in Scotland in which Robert the Bruce’s forces suffered a severe defeat during the early stages of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
Battle of Falkirk (1746)
The Battle of Falkirk (1746) was a significant Jacobite victory during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, in which Charles Edward Stuart’s forces defeated a government army near Falkirk in central Scotland.
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D.
Battle of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
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E.
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.
- 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 Lochaber (1346) Target entity description: The Battle of Lochaber (1346) was a lesser-known engagement in the later stages of the Second War of Scottish Independence, involving Scottish forces in the Highlands during ongoing conflicts with England and internal Scottish factions.
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A.
Battle of Inverlochy (1431)
The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) was a significant clash in the Scottish Highlands in which forces loyal to the Lord of the Isles defeated a royal army, reinforcing Gaelic power against the Scottish crown.
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B.
Battle of Dalrigh
The Battle of Dalrigh was a 1306 clash in Scotland in which Robert the Bruce’s forces suffered a severe defeat during the early stages of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
Battle of Falkirk (1746)
The Battle of Falkirk (1746) was a significant Jacobite victory during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, in which Charles Edward Stuart’s forces defeated a government army near Falkirk in central Scotland.
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D.
Battle of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Sheriffmuir was an inconclusive 1715 clash in Scotland between Jacobite forces and the British government army that effectively halted the Jacobite advance during the rising of 1715.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| combatant | Scottish forces ⓘ |
| conflict | Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| date | 1346 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| location |
Lochaber
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Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
involved Scottish forces in the Highlands
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occurred during ongoing conflicts with England and internal Scottish factions ⓘ |
| opponent |
forces aligned with England
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internal Scottish factions ⓘ |
| partOf | Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| region | Lochaber district of the western Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| relativeNotability | lesser-known compared to major battles of the Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
| result | lesser-known engagement with limited surviving records ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar |
Highlands of Scotland
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linked to:
Scottish Highlands
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| timePeriod |
14th century
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later stages of the Second War of Scottish Independence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Battle of Lochaber (1346) Description of subject: The Battle of Lochaber (1346) was a lesser-known engagement in the later stages of the Second War of Scottish Independence, involving Scottish forces in the Highlands during ongoing conflicts with England and internal Scottish factions.
Referenced by (1)
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