Blanford
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Blanford is an English surname most notably associated with William Thomas Blanford, a 19th-century British geologist and naturalist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blanford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14682276 — 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: Blanford Context triple: [William Thomas Blanford, familyName, Blanford]
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A.
Khardaha
Khardaha is a suburban city in the Indian state of West Bengal, located near Kolkata along the Hooghly River and known as part of the Kolkata metropolitan area.
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B.
Zarqan
Zarqan is a small city in southern Iran located within Fars Province, known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the regional capital Shiraz.
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C.
Qataban
Qataban was an ancient South Arabian kingdom known for its incense trade and strategic position along key caravan routes in what is now Yemen.
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D.
Beruwala
Beruwala is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, fishing harbor, and historic Muslim community.
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E.
Khora
Khora is one of the now nearly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by the Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in India.
- 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: Blanford Target entity description: Blanford is an English surname most notably associated with William Thomas Blanford, a 19th-century British geologist and naturalist.
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A.
Khardaha
Khardaha is a suburban city in the Indian state of West Bengal, located near Kolkata along the Hooghly River and known as part of the Kolkata metropolitan area.
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B.
Zarqan
Zarqan is a small city in southern Iran located within Fars Province, known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the regional capital Shiraz.
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C.
Qataban
Qataban was an ancient South Arabian kingdom known for its incense trade and strategic position along key caravan routes in what is now Yemen.
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D.
Beruwala
Beruwala is a coastal town in southwestern Sri Lanka known for its beaches, fishing harbor, and historic Muslim community.
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E.
Khora
Khora is one of the now nearly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by the Great Andamanese people of the Andaman Islands in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.