Dr Horace King
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Dr Horace King was a British Labour politician who became the first person from a working-class background to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horace King | 4 |
| Dr Horace King canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16261563 — 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: Dr Horace King Context triple: [UK Parliament 1964–1966, commonsSpeaker, Dr Horace King]
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Horace King
Horace King was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer, best known for designing and building numerous covered bridges throughout the American South, despite being born into slavery.
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B.
James Blair
James Blair was a Scottish-born clergyman and educator best known as the founder and first president of the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
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James Blair
James Blair is a notable former student of Aberdeen Grammar School, recognized for his achievements after attending the historic Scottish secondary school.
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James Blair
James Blair is known as the father of American actress Linda Blair, who gained fame for her role in the horror film "The Exorcist."
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Moses Jackson
Moses Jackson is a character in Tom Stoppard’s play "The Invention of Love," serving as a close friend and rowing companion of the poet A. E. Housman and highlighting themes of unrequited affection and emotional restraint.
- 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: Dr Horace King Target entity description: Dr Horace King was a British Labour politician who became the first person from a working-class background to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons.
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A.
Horace King
Horace King was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer, best known for designing and building numerous covered bridges throughout the American South, despite being born into slavery.
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B.
James Blair
James Blair was a Scottish-born clergyman and educator best known as the founder and first president of the College of William & Mary in colonial Virginia.
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C.
James Blair
James Blair is a notable former student of Aberdeen Grammar School, recognized for his achievements after attending the historic Scottish secondary school.
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D.
James Blair
James Blair is known as the father of American actress Linda Blair, who gained fame for her role in the horror film "The Exorcist."
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E.
Moses Jackson
Moses Jackson is a character in Tom Stoppard’s play "The Invention of Love," serving as a close friend and rowing companion of the poet A. E. Housman and highlighting themes of unrequited affection and emotional restraint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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