Highland levies
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Highland levies were irregular Scottish Highland troops raised from clan territories to provide auxiliary military support, especially in earlier periods of Scottish warfare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Highland levies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13836830 — 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: Highland levies Context triple: [Scottish army, hasPart, Highland levies]
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A.
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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B.
The Highlanders
"The Highlanders" is a 1966–67 serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, notable for introducing the companion Jamie McCrimmon and being one of the show's historical adventures set after the Battle of Culloden.
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C.
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.
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D.
Lauder Bridge rebellion
The Lauder Bridge rebellion was a 1482 uprising by Scottish nobles against King James III, marked by the arrest and execution of several royal favorites near Lauder.
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E.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
- 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: Highland levies Target entity description: Highland levies were irregular Scottish Highland troops raised from clan territories to provide auxiliary military support, especially in earlier periods of Scottish warfare.
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A.
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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B.
The Highlanders
"The Highlanders" is a 1966–67 serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, notable for introducing the companion Jamie McCrimmon and being one of the show's historical adventures set after the Battle of Culloden.
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C.
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.
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D.
Lauder Bridge rebellion
The Lauder Bridge rebellion was a 1482 uprising by Scottish nobles against King James III, marked by the arrest and execution of several royal favorites near Lauder.
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E.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.