John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham
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John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham, was an English Lollard leader and soldier whose religious dissent and subsequent execution made him a prominent early Protestant martyr figure.
All labels observed (1)
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| John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17423547 — 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: John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham Context triple: [Baron Cobham, notableTitleHolder, John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham]
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Henry de Cobham
Henry de Cobham was an English medieval nobleman and royal official who held prominent military and administrative roles in Kent during the 13th and early 14th centuries.
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B.
Edward Kynaston
Edward Kynaston was a celebrated 17th-century English actor renowned as one of the last male performers to play female roles on the London stage before women were allowed to act.
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C.
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, was a powerful 11th–12th century Anglo-Norman nobleman and close advisor to King Henry I of England, noted for his military and political influence after the Norman Conquest.
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D.
John Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford
John Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford was a 14th-century English nobleman and soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War and served under King Edward III.
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E.
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, was a prominent 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and statesman who served as a key advisor and military leader under King Henry II of England.
- 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: John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham Target entity description: John Oldcastle, 1st Baron Cobham, was an English Lollard leader and soldier whose religious dissent and subsequent execution made him a prominent early Protestant martyr figure.
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A.
Henry de Cobham
Henry de Cobham was an English medieval nobleman and royal official who held prominent military and administrative roles in Kent during the 13th and early 14th centuries.
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B.
Edward Kynaston
Edward Kynaston was a celebrated 17th-century English actor renowned as one of the last male performers to play female roles on the London stage before women were allowed to act.
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C.
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, was a powerful 11th–12th century Anglo-Norman nobleman and close advisor to King Henry I of England, noted for his military and political influence after the Norman Conquest.
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D.
John Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford
John Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford was a 14th-century English nobleman and soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War and served under King Edward III.
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E.
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, was a prominent 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and statesman who served as a key advisor and military leader under King Henry II of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
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