assassination of Philip II of Macedon
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The assassination of Philip II of Macedon was the 336 BCE killing of Alexander the Great’s father and king of Macedon, an event that abruptly ended Philip’s reign and paved the way for Alexander’s accession and subsequent conquests.
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| assassination of Philip II of Macedon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19222839 — 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: assassination of Philip II of Macedon Context triple: [theatre of Aigai, hasHistoricalEvent, assassination of Philip II of Macedon]
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killing of Priam by Neoptolemus
The killing of Priam by Neoptolemus is a famous episode from Greek mythology in which the aged Trojan king Priam is brutally slain by Achilles’ son during the sack of Troy.
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Assassination of Severus Alexander
The Assassination of Severus Alexander was the 235 AD murder of the Roman emperor by his own troops, an event that ended the Severan dynasty and ushered in the Crisis of the Third Century.
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Assassination of Caracalla
The Assassination of Caracalla was the 217 AD murder of the Roman emperor Caracalla during a campaign in the East, an event that ended his reign and destabilized the Severan dynasty.
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D.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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assassination of Valentinian III
The assassination of Valentinian III was the 455 killing of the Western Roman emperor in Rome, an event that destabilized the Western Empire and contributed to its rapid decline.
- 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: assassination of Philip II of Macedon Target entity description: The assassination of Philip II of Macedon was the 336 BCE killing of Alexander the Great’s father and king of Macedon, an event that abruptly ended Philip’s reign and paved the way for Alexander’s accession and subsequent conquests.
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A.
killing of Priam by Neoptolemus
The killing of Priam by Neoptolemus is a famous episode from Greek mythology in which the aged Trojan king Priam is brutally slain by Achilles’ son during the sack of Troy.
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B.
Assassination of Severus Alexander
The Assassination of Severus Alexander was the 235 AD murder of the Roman emperor by his own troops, an event that ended the Severan dynasty and ushered in the Crisis of the Third Century.
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C.
Assassination of Caracalla
The Assassination of Caracalla was the 217 AD murder of the Roman emperor Caracalla during a campaign in the East, an event that ended his reign and destabilized the Severan dynasty.
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D.
Assassination of Napoleon
The Assassination of Napoleon is a fictional plot in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," in which the character Pierre Bezukhov contemplates killing Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Russia.
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E.
assassination of Valentinian III
The assassination of Valentinian III was the 455 killing of the Western Roman emperor in Rome, an event that destabilized the Western Empire and contributed to its rapid decline.
- F. None of above. chosen
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