2nd Marquess Cornwallis
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The 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British peer and nobleman who inherited the marquessate created for his grandfather, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16029153 — 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: 2nd Marquess Cornwallis Context triple: [Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, titleSuccession, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis]
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1st Marquess Cornwallis
The 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
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B.
1st Marquess of Milford Haven
The 1st Marquess of Milford Haven was Prince Louis of Battenberg, a German-born British naval officer who became First Sea Lord and the anglicized head of the Battenberg/Mountbatten family during World War I.
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C.
The Marquess of Halifax
The Marquess of Halifax was a prominent English noble title most famously held by George Savile, a 17th-century statesman and political writer influential during the reigns of Charles II and James II.
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D.
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British politician and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British Tory politician and statesman who served as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the early 19th century.
- 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: 2nd Marquess Cornwallis Target entity description: The 2nd Marquess Cornwallis was a British peer and nobleman who inherited the marquessate created for his grandfather, the prominent military commander and colonial administrator Charles Cornwallis.
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A.
1st Marquess Cornwallis
The 1st Marquess Cornwallis was a British Army general and colonial administrator best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War, particularly his surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
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B.
1st Marquess of Milford Haven
The 1st Marquess of Milford Haven was Prince Louis of Battenberg, a German-born British naval officer who became First Sea Lord and the anglicized head of the Battenberg/Mountbatten family during World War I.
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C.
The Marquess of Halifax
The Marquess of Halifax was a prominent English noble title most famously held by George Savile, a 17th-century statesman and political writer influential during the reigns of Charles II and James II.
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D.
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British politician and statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a prominent British Tory politician and statesman who served as Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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