General Sir Thomas Howard
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General Sir Thomas Howard was a distinguished British Army officer after whom the historic Green Howards infantry regiment was named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| General Sir Thomas Howard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16917448 — 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: General Sir Thomas Howard Context triple: [Green Howards, namedAfter, General Sir Thomas Howard]
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A.
Lord Thomas Howard
Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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B.
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who served under the Tudor monarchs and founded the Howard of Effingham line that became prominent in naval and political affairs.
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C.
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and Lord High Treasurer under King James I.
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D.
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, was an English nobleman of the early 15th century who rose to prominence during the Hundred Years’ War and was rewarded with an earldom in the English-controlled territories in France.
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E.
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an influential English nobleman, courtier, and statesman under King James I, noted for his political maneuvering, architectural patronage, and involvement in several major Jacobean court scandals.
- 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: General Sir Thomas Howard Target entity description: General Sir Thomas Howard was a distinguished British Army officer after whom the historic Green Howards infantry regiment was named.
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A.
Lord Thomas Howard
Lord Thomas Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander best known for his leadership role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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B.
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham was a 16th-century English nobleman and courtier who served under the Tudor monarchs and founded the Howard of Effingham line that became prominent in naval and political affairs.
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C.
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, was an influential early 17th-century English nobleman, courtier, and statesman who served as Lord Chamberlain and Lord High Treasurer under King James I.
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D.
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, was an English nobleman of the early 15th century who rose to prominence during the Hundred Years’ War and was rewarded with an earldom in the English-controlled territories in France.
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E.
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an influential English nobleman, courtier, and statesman under King James I, noted for his political maneuvering, architectural patronage, and involvement in several major Jacobean court scandals.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.