Lieutenant Governor of East Florida
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The Lieutenant Governor of East Florida was a senior British colonial official who served as the deputy to the governor and often acted as the colony’s chief executive in his absence during the period of British rule in Florida.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Acting Governor of East Florida | 1 |
| Lieutenant Governor of East Florida canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13663525 — 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: Lieutenant Governor of East Florida Context triple: [John Moultrie, positionHeld, Lieutenant Governor of East Florida]
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A.
Royal Governor of La Florida
The Royal Governor of La Florida was the Spanish Crown’s chief colonial administrator and military commander in the province of La Florida during the period of Spanish rule in what is now the southeastern United States.
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B.
Adelantado of Florida
Adelantado of Florida was a Spanish royal title granting Juan Ponce de León authority to conquer, govern, and colonize the region of Florida in the early 16th century.
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C.
Lieutenant Governor of Florida
The Lieutenant Governor of Florida is the second-highest executive officer in the state, serving as the governor’s top deputy and successor.
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D.
Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province
The Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province was the British colonial official responsible for administering the southern part of New Zealand under the short-lived New Munster provincial government in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Attorney General of the Southwest Territory
The Attorney General of the Southwest Territory was the chief legal officer and prosecutor for the Southwest Territory of the early United States, responsible for representing the territorial government in legal matters before Tennessee achieved statehood.
- 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: Lieutenant Governor of East Florida Target entity description: The Lieutenant Governor of East Florida was a senior British colonial official who served as the deputy to the governor and often acted as the colony’s chief executive in his absence during the period of British rule in Florida.
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A.
Royal Governor of La Florida
The Royal Governor of La Florida was the Spanish Crown’s chief colonial administrator and military commander in the province of La Florida during the period of Spanish rule in what is now the southeastern United States.
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B.
Adelantado of Florida
Adelantado of Florida was a Spanish royal title granting Juan Ponce de León authority to conquer, govern, and colonize the region of Florida in the early 16th century.
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C.
Lieutenant Governor of Florida
The Lieutenant Governor of Florida is the second-highest executive officer in the state, serving as the governor’s top deputy and successor.
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D.
Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province
The Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province was the British colonial official responsible for administering the southern part of New Zealand under the short-lived New Munster provincial government in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Attorney General of the Southwest Territory
The Attorney General of the Southwest Territory was the chief legal officer and prosecutor for the Southwest Territory of the early United States, responsible for representing the territorial government in legal matters before Tennessee achieved statehood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Acting Governor of East Florida