Sir Thomas Cotton
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Sir Thomas Cotton was a 17th-century English antiquary and politician who inherited and helped preserve the renowned Cotton library of manuscripts assembled by his father, Sir Robert Cotton.
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| Sir Thomas Cotton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13936641 — 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)
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Target entity: Sir Thomas Cotton Context triple: [Sir Robert Cotton, child, Sir Thomas Cotton]
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William ap Thomas
William ap Thomas was a 15th-century Welsh nobleman and soldier, known as the "Blue Knight of Gwent," who rose to prominence in the service of the English crown and established the family that later became the earls of Pembroke.
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B.
Sir Thomas Dale
Sir Thomas Dale was an English naval commander and deputy governor of the Virginia Colony known for his strict military rule and key role in consolidating the early Jamestown settlement.
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C.
Edmund Ball
Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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D.
Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Gates was an early 17th-century English colonial governor and military leader who played a key role in the survival and governance of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.
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E.
Raleigh St. Clair
Raleigh St. Clair is a mild-mannered neurologist and academic in "The Royal Tenenbaums," known for his reserved demeanor and troubled marriage to Margot Tenenbaum.
- 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: Sir Thomas Cotton Target entity description: Sir Thomas Cotton was a 17th-century English antiquary and politician who inherited and helped preserve the renowned Cotton library of manuscripts assembled by his father, Sir Robert Cotton.
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A.
William ap Thomas
William ap Thomas was a 15th-century Welsh nobleman and soldier, known as the "Blue Knight of Gwent," who rose to prominence in the service of the English crown and established the family that later became the earls of Pembroke.
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B.
Sir Thomas Dale
Sir Thomas Dale was an English naval commander and deputy governor of the Virginia Colony known for his strict military rule and key role in consolidating the early Jamestown settlement.
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C.
Edmund Ball
Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
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D.
Sir Thomas Gates
Sir Thomas Gates was an early 17th-century English colonial governor and military leader who played a key role in the survival and governance of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.
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E.
Raleigh St. Clair
Raleigh St. Clair is a mild-mannered neurologist and academic in "The Royal Tenenbaums," known for his reserved demeanor and troubled marriage to Margot Tenenbaum.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.