Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16347855 — 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: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell Context triple: [Hougomont, commanderDefence, Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell]
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A.
Colonel Alan David Macpherson
Colonel Alan David Macpherson was a British military officer and prominent local dignitary who served as the ceremonial representative of the Crown in Elginshire.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
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C.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
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D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Lieutenant General Philip Christison
Lieutenant General Philip Christison was a senior British Army officer of World War II, noted for his leadership in the Burma Campaign and other Southeast Asian operations.
- 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: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell Target entity description: Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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A.
Colonel Alan David Macpherson
Colonel Alan David Macpherson was a British military officer and prominent local dignitary who served as the ceremonial representative of the Crown in Elginshire.
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford was a British Army officer and Royal Engineers commander in the Anglo-Zulu War, best known for his controversial role and death at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
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C.
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt was an Australian Army officer who commanded Allied forces during the 1942 Battle of Timor in World War II.
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D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Lieutenant General Philip Christison
Lieutenant General Philip Christison was a senior British Army officer of World War II, noted for his leadership in the Burma Campaign and other Southeast Asian operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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