Cotton family
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The Cotton family is an English noble lineage best known for producing Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts.
All labels observed (1)
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| Cotton family canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13936643 — 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: Cotton family Context triple: [Sir Robert Cotton, nobleFamily, Cotton family]
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Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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Lee family
The Lee family is an English noble lineage historically associated with the title of Earl of Lichfield in its second creation.
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Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent Taiwanese-American show business family that includes acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee and his actor son Mason Lee.
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Cunningham family
The Cunningham family is a historic Scottish noble lineage associated with various titles and estates, including the barony of Cunningham of Hyndhope.
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Cunningham family
The Cunningham family is the central, wholesome Midwestern household featured in the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
- 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: Cotton family Target entity description: The Cotton family is an English noble lineage best known for producing Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library, one of the most important collections of medieval manuscripts.
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A.
Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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B.
Lee family
The Lee family is an English noble lineage historically associated with the title of Earl of Lichfield in its second creation.
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C.
Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent Taiwanese-American show business family that includes acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee and his actor son Mason Lee.
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D.
Cunningham family
The Cunningham family is a historic Scottish noble lineage associated with various titles and estates, including the barony of Cunningham of Hyndhope.
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E.
Cunningham family
The Cunningham family is the central, wholesome Midwestern household featured in the classic American sitcom "Happy Days."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.