William Scoresby

Target entity: William Scoresby
Context triple: [Scoresby Sund region, namedAfter, William Scoresby]

• A. James Nares
  James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
• B. James Weddell
  James Weddell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer best known for his Antarctic voyages and for reaching a then-record southern latitude in the sea that now bears his name.
• C. Frederick William Beechey
  Frederick William Beechey was a 19th-century British naval officer, explorer, and geographer known for his Arctic and Pacific voyages and detailed surveying work.
• D. George Strong Nares
  George Strong Nares was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition toward the North Pole.
• E. Francis Leopold McClintock
  Francis Leopold McClintock was a 19th-century Irish Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his pioneering sledge journeys and for leading the successful 1857–59 expedition that uncovered crucial evidence about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: William Scoresby
Target entity description: William Scoresby was a 19th-century English Arctic explorer, whaler, and scientist known for his detailed surveys and studies of polar regions.

• A. James Nares
  James Nares was an 18th-century English composer and organist best known for his church music and service as a prominent royal chapel musician.
• B. James Weddell
  James Weddell was a 19th-century British sealer and explorer best known for his Antarctic voyages and for reaching a then-record southern latitude in the sea that now bears his name.
• C. Frederick William Beechey
  Frederick William Beechey was a 19th-century British naval officer, explorer, and geographer known for his Arctic and Pacific voyages and detailed surveying work.
• D. George Strong Nares
  George Strong Nares was a 19th-century British naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition toward the North Pole.
• E. Francis Leopold McClintock
  Francis Leopold McClintock was a 19th-century Irish Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his pioneering sledge journeys and for leading the successful 1857–59 expedition that uncovered crucial evidence about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.
• F. None of above. chosen