Battle of Mortimer's Cross
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The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was a 1461 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which the future Edward IV secured a crucial Yorkist victory over Lancastrian forces in Herefordshire.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Mortimer's Cross canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8185406 — 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 Mortimer's Cross Context triple: [Jasper Tudor, participatedIn, Battle of Mortimer's Cross]
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Battle of Evesham
The Battle of Evesham was a decisive 1265 clash in the Second Barons' War in which royal forces under Prince Edward crushed Simon de Montfort's rebel army, restoring King Henry III's authority in England.
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B.
Battle of Barnet
The Battle of Barnet was a decisive 1471 engagement of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkist forces under Edward IV defeated and killed the powerful kingmaker Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, helping to secure Yorkist control of the English throne.
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C.
Battle of Stoke Field
The Battle of Stoke Field was a decisive 1487 engagement in England that effectively ended the Wars of the Roses by crushing the last major Yorkist uprising against Henry VII.
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D.
Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield was a major engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1460, in which the Lancastrian forces decisively defeated and killed Richard, Duke of York, shifting the balance of power in favor of the Lancastrian cause.
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E.
Battle of Shrewsbury
The Battle of Shrewsbury was a pivotal 1403 conflict in the English Midlands between King Henry IV and rebel forces led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy, marking a key moment in the struggle for control of the English crown.
- 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 Mortimer's Cross Target entity description: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was a 1461 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which the future Edward IV secured a crucial Yorkist victory over Lancastrian forces in Herefordshire.
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A.
Battle of Evesham
The Battle of Evesham was a decisive 1265 clash in the Second Barons' War in which royal forces under Prince Edward crushed Simon de Montfort's rebel army, restoring King Henry III's authority in England.
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B.
Battle of Barnet
The Battle of Barnet was a decisive 1471 engagement of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkist forces under Edward IV defeated and killed the powerful kingmaker Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, helping to secure Yorkist control of the English throne.
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C.
Battle of Stoke Field
The Battle of Stoke Field was a decisive 1487 engagement in England that effectively ended the Wars of the Roses by crushing the last major Yorkist uprising against Henry VII.
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D.
Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield was a major engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1460, in which the Lancastrian forces decisively defeated and killed Richard, Duke of York, shifting the balance of power in favor of the Lancastrian cause.
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E.
Battle of Shrewsbury
The Battle of Shrewsbury was a pivotal 1403 conflict in the English Midlands between King Henry IV and rebel forces led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy, marking a key moment in the struggle for control of the English crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Mortimer's Cross Description of subject: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was a 1461 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which the future Edward IV secured a crucial Yorkist victory over Lancastrian forces in Herefordshire.
Referenced by (8)
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