The Killing Times in Scotland
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The Killing Times in Scotland were a brutal period of late 17th-century religious persecution in which Covenanters were harshly suppressed, imprisoned, and executed for resisting the Stuart monarchy’s attempts to control the Scottish Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Killing Times in Scotland | 2 |
| The Killing Times in Scotland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18511741 — 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: The Killing Times in Scotland Context triple: [John Brown of Priesthill, historicalContext, The Killing Times in Scotland]
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A.
The Invention of Scotland
The Invention of Scotland is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that examines how many of Scotland’s traditions and national myths were consciously constructed in the modern era.
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B.
Scotland's Shame
"Scotland's Shame" is a track by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, featured on their 2008 album *The Hawk Is Howling*, known for its atmospheric, guitar-driven sound.
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C.
Scotland's Disgrace
Scotland's Disgrace is the derisive nickname for the unfinished National Monument of Scotland on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, originally intended as a grand memorial to Scottish soldiers and sailors.
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D.
Devastation of the Scottish Borders
The Devastation of the Scottish Borders was a brutal mid-16th-century English campaign of burning and pillaging across southern Scotland that aimed to break Scottish resistance and force a dynastic marriage alliance.
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E.
Pentland Rising
Pentland Rising was a 1666 armed rebellion by Scottish Covenanters against royal religious policies, marking an early and notable episode of resistance in 17th-century Scotland.
- 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: The Killing Times in Scotland Target entity description: The Killing Times in Scotland were a brutal period of late 17th-century religious persecution in which Covenanters were harshly suppressed, imprisoned, and executed for resisting the Stuart monarchy’s attempts to control the Scottish Church.
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A.
The Invention of Scotland
The Invention of Scotland is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that examines how many of Scotland’s traditions and national myths were consciously constructed in the modern era.
-
B.
Scotland's Shame
"Scotland's Shame" is a track by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, featured on their 2008 album *The Hawk Is Howling*, known for its atmospheric, guitar-driven sound.
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C.
Scotland's Disgrace
Scotland's Disgrace is the derisive nickname for the unfinished National Monument of Scotland on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, originally intended as a grand memorial to Scottish soldiers and sailors.
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D.
Devastation of the Scottish Borders
The Devastation of the Scottish Borders was a brutal mid-16th-century English campaign of burning and pillaging across southern Scotland that aimed to break Scottish resistance and force a dynastic marriage alliance.
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E.
Pentland Rising
Pentland Rising was a 1666 armed rebellion by Scottish Covenanters against royal religious policies, marking an early and notable episode of resistance in 17th-century Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Killing Times in Scotland
linked to: The Killing Times in Scotland