Captain Lord Cochrane

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Captain Lord Cochrane was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and daring frigate captain, famed for his audacious tactics and victories during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Label	Occurrences
Lord Cochrane	8
Captain Lord Cochrane canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13848271 — 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: Captain Lord Cochrane
Context triple: [Battle of the Basque Roads, commander, Captain Lord Cochrane]

A. Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
B. Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
C. Captain Nelson
Captain Nelson is the fictional U.S. Army paratroop officer who serves as the central protagonist in the World War II film "Objective, Burma!".
D. Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
E. Captain Hargreaves
Captain Hargreaves is a fictional British army officer featured in the 1964 anti-war film "King and Country."
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: Captain Lord Cochrane
Target entity description: Captain Lord Cochrane was a renowned early 19th-century British naval officer and daring frigate captain, famed for his audacious tactics and victories during the Napoleonic Wars.

A. Captain Vere
Captain Vere is the morally conflicted naval commander in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor," whose strict adherence to martial law leads to the tragic execution of the innocent Billy.
B. Captain Nicholls
Captain Nicholls is a British army officer in Michael Morpurgo’s novel "War Horse," known for his compassion toward the horse Joey and his role early in the story’s depiction of World War I.
C. Captain Nelson
Captain Nelson is the fictional U.S. Army paratroop officer who serves as the central protagonist in the World War II film "Objective, Burma!".
D. Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
E. Captain Hargreaves
Captain Hargreaves is a fictional British army officer featured in the 1964 anti-war film "King and Country."
F. None of above. chosen