siege of Lincoln (1141)
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The siege of Lincoln (1141) was a key episode in the English civil war known as The Anarchy, in which forces loyal to Empress Matilda besieged royalist defenders in the strategically important city of Lincoln.
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| siege of Lincoln (1141) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14278398 — 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: siege of Lincoln (1141) Context triple: [Battle of Lincoln (1141), precededBy, siege of Lincoln (1141)]
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siege of Lincoln (1217)
The siege of Lincoln (1217) was a key episode in the First Barons' War in which rebel baronial and French forces attempted to capture the strategically important city and castle of Lincoln from supporters of the young King Henry III.
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Battle of Lincoln (1141)
The Battle of Lincoln (1141) was a major engagement in the English civil war known as The Anarchy, where forces loyal to Empress Matilda captured King Stephen, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the struggle for the English crown.
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Battle of Lincoln (1217)
The Battle of Lincoln (1217) was a decisive clash during the First Barons’ War in which royalist forces defeated rebel barons and their French allies, helping to secure the English throne for the young King Henry III.
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Rout of Winchester (1141)
The Rout of Winchester (1141) was a decisive defeat of Empress Matilda’s forces during the civil war known as The Anarchy, leading to her loss of momentum in the struggle for the English throne against King Stephen.
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Battle of Lincoln
The Battle of Lincoln was a multi-day 1878 gunfight and siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that became the climactic confrontation of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.
- 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: siege of Lincoln (1141) Target entity description: The siege of Lincoln (1141) was a key episode in the English civil war known as The Anarchy, in which forces loyal to Empress Matilda besieged royalist defenders in the strategically important city of Lincoln.
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A.
siege of Lincoln (1217)
The siege of Lincoln (1217) was a key episode in the First Barons' War in which rebel baronial and French forces attempted to capture the strategically important city and castle of Lincoln from supporters of the young King Henry III.
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B.
Battle of Lincoln (1141)
The Battle of Lincoln (1141) was a major engagement in the English civil war known as The Anarchy, where forces loyal to Empress Matilda captured King Stephen, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the struggle for the English crown.
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C.
Battle of Lincoln (1217)
The Battle of Lincoln (1217) was a decisive clash during the First Barons’ War in which royalist forces defeated rebel barons and their French allies, helping to secure the English throne for the young King Henry III.
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D.
Rout of Winchester (1141)
The Rout of Winchester (1141) was a decisive defeat of Empress Matilda’s forces during the civil war known as The Anarchy, leading to her loss of momentum in the struggle for the English throne against King Stephen.
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E.
Battle of Lincoln
The Battle of Lincoln was a multi-day 1878 gunfight and siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that became the climactic confrontation of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.
- F. None of above. chosen
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