Battle of Carham
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The Battle of Carham was an early 11th-century conflict in which the Scots, under King Malcolm II and their Northumbrian allies, decisively defeated the English of Northumbria, helping to secure Scottish control over Lothian and shape the future Anglo-Scottish border.
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| Battle of Carham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13217484 — 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 Carham Context triple: [Malcolm II of Scotland, battle, Battle of Carham]
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Battle of Neville's Cross
The Battle of Neville's Cross was a major 1346 clash near Durham in which an English army decisively defeated and captured King David II of Scotland, significantly weakening Scottish power during the Hundred Years' War era.
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Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh was a major 1547 clash near Musselburgh in which English forces decisively defeated the Scots, marking the last pitched battle between the two kingdoms and a key episode in the Rough Wooing.
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C.
Battle of Dupplin Moor
The Battle of Dupplin Moor was a significant 1332 engagement in the Second War of Scottish Independence, where an invading Anglo-Scottish force decisively defeated a larger Scottish army, influencing the struggle for Scotland’s throne.
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Battle of Philiphaugh
The Battle of Philiphaugh was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Scottish Covenanter forces decisively crushed the Royalist army of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, near Selkirk.
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E.
Battle of Linlithgow Bridge
The Battle of Linlithgow Bridge was a 1526 Scottish civil conflict near Linlithgow in which forces loyal to the Earl of Angus defeated those supporting the young King James V, helping secure Angus’s control over the king.
- 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: Battle of Carham Target entity description: The Battle of Carham was an early 11th-century conflict in which the Scots, under King Malcolm II and their Northumbrian allies, decisively defeated the English of Northumbria, helping to secure Scottish control over Lothian and shape the future Anglo-Scottish border.
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A.
Battle of Neville's Cross
The Battle of Neville's Cross was a major 1346 clash near Durham in which an English army decisively defeated and captured King David II of Scotland, significantly weakening Scottish power during the Hundred Years' War era.
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B.
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh was a major 1547 clash near Musselburgh in which English forces decisively defeated the Scots, marking the last pitched battle between the two kingdoms and a key episode in the Rough Wooing.
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C.
Battle of Dupplin Moor
The Battle of Dupplin Moor was a significant 1332 engagement in the Second War of Scottish Independence, where an invading Anglo-Scottish force decisively defeated a larger Scottish army, influencing the struggle for Scotland’s throne.
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D.
Battle of Philiphaugh
The Battle of Philiphaugh was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Scottish Covenanter forces decisively crushed the Royalist army of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, near Selkirk.
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E.
Battle of Linlithgow Bridge
The Battle of Linlithgow Bridge was a 1526 Scottish civil conflict near Linlithgow in which forces loyal to the Earl of Angus defeated those supporting the young King James V, helping secure Angus’s control over the king.
- F. None of above. chosen
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