Ruthven Raid
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The Ruthven Raid was a 1582 coup in Scotland in which a group of Protestant nobles seized the young King James VI at Ruthven Castle to wrest control of government from his Catholic-leaning favorites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruthven Raid canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22248240 — 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: Ruthven Raid Context triple: [Ruthven, associatedWithEvent, Ruthven Raid]
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A.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
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B.
Ballyneety raid
The Ballyneety raid was a daring 1690 Jacobite cavalry attack led by Patrick Sarsfield that destroyed Williamite siege artillery and temporarily lifted the threat to Limerick during the Williamite War in Ireland.
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C.
Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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D.
Mackenzie’s Raid
Mackenzie’s Raid, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was an 1876 U.S. Army cavalry attack led by Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie against a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War.
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E.
Crossbarry Ambush
The Crossbarry Ambush was a major engagement during the Irish War of Independence in March 1921, in which the IRA’s West Cork Flying Column successfully fought off a large British force, marking one of the conflict’s most significant guerrilla victories.
- 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: Ruthven Raid Target entity description: The Ruthven Raid was a 1582 coup in Scotland in which a group of Protestant nobles seized the young King James VI at Ruthven Castle to wrest control of government from his Catholic-leaning favorites.
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A.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
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B.
Ballyneety raid
The Ballyneety raid was a daring 1690 Jacobite cavalry attack led by Patrick Sarsfield that destroyed Williamite siege artillery and temporarily lifted the threat to Limerick during the Williamite War in Ireland.
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C.
Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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D.
Mackenzie’s Raid
Mackenzie’s Raid, also known as the Dull Knife Fight, was an 1876 U.S. Army cavalry attack led by Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie against a Northern Cheyenne village during the Great Sioux War.
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E.
Crossbarry Ambush
The Crossbarry Ambush was a major engagement during the Irish War of Independence in March 1921, in which the IRA’s West Cork Flying Column successfully fought off a large British force, marking one of the conflict’s most significant guerrilla victories.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.