Edward Howard
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Edward Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander of the early 16th century who served as Lord High Admiral under King Henry VIII.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Howard canonical | 3 |
| Lord Edward Howard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17363048 — 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: Edward Howard Context triple: [Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, child, Edward Howard]
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A.
Edward Waterfield
Edward Waterfield is a Victorian-era English gentleman and scholar best known from Doctor Who as the father of companion Victoria Waterfield, whose experiments with time travel draw him into the Doctor’s adventures.
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B.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was a prominent English nobleman and poet of the Tudor period, best known as Earl of Surrey and an early pioneer of English Renaissance poetry.
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C.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
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D.
Geoffrey Horrocks
Geoffrey Horrocks is a British linguist and classical scholar best known for his work on the history and development of the Greek language.
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E.
Robert Cates
Robert Cates is known primarily as the husband of the late American actress Darlene Cates, who gained recognition for her role in the film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
- 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: Edward Howard Target entity description: Edward Howard was an English nobleman and naval commander of the early 16th century who served as Lord High Admiral under King Henry VIII.
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A.
Edward Waterfield
Edward Waterfield is a Victorian-era English gentleman and scholar best known from Doctor Who as the father of companion Victoria Waterfield, whose experiments with time travel draw him into the Doctor’s adventures.
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B.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was a prominent English nobleman and poet of the Tudor period, best known as Earl of Surrey and an early pioneer of English Renaissance poetry.
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C.
Henry Howard
Henry Howard was an American architect known for designing San Francisco’s landmark Coit Tower.
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D.
Geoffrey Horrocks
Geoffrey Horrocks is a British linguist and classical scholar best known for his work on the history and development of the Greek language.
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E.
Robert Cates
Robert Cates is known primarily as the husband of the late American actress Darlene Cates, who gained recognition for her role in the film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edward Howard