Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
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Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, better known by his pen name C. S. Forester, was a British novelist famed for his historical naval adventures, particularly the Horatio Hornblower series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecil Louis Troughton Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12894202 — 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: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith Context triple: [C. S. Forester, fullName, Cecil Louis Troughton Smith]
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A.
George Ed Powell
George Ed Powell is an American musician best known as a member of the country rock band Pure Prairie League.
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B.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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C.
George Powell
George Powell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer noted for his Antarctic voyages and co-discovery of several sub-Antarctic islands.
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D.
Clive Brook
Clive Brook was a British film actor best known as a suave leading man in early Hollywood and British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Ian Hay
Ian Hay was a Scottish novelist and playwright, born John Hay Beith, known for his popular humorous and military-themed works and for adapting stories for the stage and screen.
- 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: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith Target entity description: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, better known by his pen name C. S. Forester, was a British novelist famed for his historical naval adventures, particularly the Horatio Hornblower series.
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A.
George Ed Powell
George Ed Powell is an American musician best known as a member of the country rock band Pure Prairie League.
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B.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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C.
George Powell
George Powell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer noted for his Antarctic voyages and co-discovery of several sub-Antarctic islands.
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D.
Clive Brook
Clive Brook was a British film actor best known as a suave leading man in early Hollywood and British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s.
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E.
Ian Hay
Ian Hay was a Scottish novelist and playwright, born John Hay Beith, known for his popular humorous and military-themed works and for adapting stories for the stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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English person ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-08-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-04-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Dulwich College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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naval fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Cecil
NERFINISHED
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Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPenName |
C. S. Forester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CS Forester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated |
Captain Horatio Hornblower, RN
NERFINISHED
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Horatio Hornblower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Horatio Hornblower series
NERFINISHED
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historical naval adventure novels ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brown on Resolution
NERFINISHED
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Horatio Hornblower series NERFINISHED ⓘ The African Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ The General NERFINISHED ⓘ The Good Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khedivate of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Fullerton, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United States of America ⓘ |
| workAdaptedIntoFilm |
The African Queen
NERFINISHED
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The Good Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith Description of subject: Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, better known by his pen name C. S. Forester, was a British novelist famed for his historical naval adventures, particularly the Horatio Hornblower series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.