Colonel Forbes
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Colonel Forbes is a minor 19th-century British military officer character who appears in the Doctor Who serial "The Mark of the Rani."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel Forbes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14253718 — 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: Colonel Forbes Context triple: [The Mark of the Rani, featuresCharacter, Colonel Forbes]
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A.
Colonel William Cleland
Colonel William Cleland was a Scottish Covenanter leader and poet who commanded Cameronian forces during the late 17th-century religious and political conflicts in Scotland.
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B.
Colonel Anthony Gethryn
Colonel Anthony Gethryn is a fictional British amateur detective and former intelligence officer who appears as the protagonist in a series of classic mystery novels by Philip MacDonald.
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C.
Colonel John Bevan
Colonel John Bevan was a British intelligence officer who played a key role in Allied deception operations during World War II, helping to mislead the Axis about the D-Day landings.
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D.
Colonel John Goffe
Colonel John Goffe was an 18th-century New Hampshire military officer and early settler known for his service in colonial wars and influence in the region’s development.
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E.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
- 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: Colonel Forbes Target entity description: Colonel Forbes is a minor 19th-century British military officer character who appears in the Doctor Who serial "The Mark of the Rani."
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A.
Colonel William Cleland
Colonel William Cleland was a Scottish Covenanter leader and poet who commanded Cameronian forces during the late 17th-century religious and political conflicts in Scotland.
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B.
Colonel Anthony Gethryn
Colonel Anthony Gethryn is a fictional British amateur detective and former intelligence officer who appears as the protagonist in a series of classic mystery novels by Philip MacDonald.
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C.
Colonel John Bevan
Colonel John Bevan was a British intelligence officer who played a key role in Allied deception operations during World War II, helping to mislead the Axis about the D-Day landings.
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D.
Colonel John Goffe
Colonel John Goffe was an 18th-century New Hampshire military officer and early settler known for his service in colonial wars and influence in the region’s development.
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E.
Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.