Lord Granby
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Lord Granby was an 18th-century British general and politician best known for his distinguished service in the Seven Years' War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lord Granby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17248566 — 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: Lord Granby Context triple: [Allied Army of Ferdinand of Brunswick, notableCommander, Lord Granby]
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A.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
William Shirley
William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
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C.
William Pepperrell
William Pepperrell was a colonial American merchant, landowner, and military leader best known for leading New England forces to capture the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George’s War.
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D.
Richard Nicolls
Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
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E.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- 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: Lord Granby Target entity description: Lord Granby was an 18th-century British general and politician best known for his distinguished service in the Seven Years' War.
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A.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
William Shirley
William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.
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C.
William Pepperrell
William Pepperrell was a colonial American merchant, landowner, and military leader best known for leading New England forces to capture the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George’s War.
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D.
Richard Nicolls
Richard Nicolls was a 17th-century English military officer and colonial governor best known for leading the expedition that captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch and became the first English governor of New York.
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E.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.