Battle of Basing (871)
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The Battle of Basing (871) was a significant engagement during the Viking invasions of England in which the West Saxons under King Æthelred and Alfred suffered a defeat to Danish forces.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21260736 — 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 Basing (871) Context triple: [Battle of Ashdown (871), successorEvent, Battle of Basing (871)]
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Battle of Ashdown (871)
The Battle of Ashdown (871) was a key early victory of the West Saxons under King Æthelred and his brother Alfred against the invading Viking forces during the Viking invasions of England.
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Battle of Wilton (871)
The Battle of Wilton (871) was a key engagement in which King Alfred of Wessex suffered a setback against the Viking Great Heathen Army during their campaigns in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Battle of Reading (871)
The Battle of Reading (871) was an early Viking victory over the Anglo-Saxons during the campaigns of the Great Heathen Army in Wessex.
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Battle of York (867)
The Battle of York (867) was a pivotal Viking victory in northern England during which a Great Heathen Army captured the city of York and decisively defeated the Northumbrian forces.
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Battle of York (866)
The Battle of York (866) was a pivotal Viking conquest in which the Great Heathen Army captured the Northumbrian city of York, marking a major turning point in the Norse invasion of Anglo-Saxon England.
- 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 Basing (871) Target entity description: The Battle of Basing (871) was a significant engagement during the Viking invasions of England in which the West Saxons under King Æthelred and Alfred suffered a defeat to Danish forces.
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A.
Battle of Ashdown (871)
The Battle of Ashdown (871) was a key early victory of the West Saxons under King Æthelred and his brother Alfred against the invading Viking forces during the Viking invasions of England.
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B.
Battle of Wilton (871)
The Battle of Wilton (871) was a key engagement in which King Alfred of Wessex suffered a setback against the Viking Great Heathen Army during their campaigns in Anglo-Saxon England.
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C.
Battle of Reading (871)
The Battle of Reading (871) was an early Viking victory over the Anglo-Saxons during the campaigns of the Great Heathen Army in Wessex.
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D.
Battle of York (867)
The Battle of York (867) was a pivotal Viking victory in northern England during which a Great Heathen Army captured the city of York and decisively defeated the Northumbrian forces.
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E.
Battle of York (866)
The Battle of York (866) was a pivotal Viking conquest in which the Great Heathen Army captured the Northumbrian city of York, marking a major turning point in the Norse invasion of Anglo-Saxon England.
- F. None of above. chosen
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