Lt. Col. William Lambton
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Lt. Col. William Lambton was a British Army officer and pioneering surveyor best known for initiating and leading the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17607897 — 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: Lt. Col. William Lambton Context triple: [Surveyor General of India, officeHeldBy, Lt. Col. William Lambton]
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Lieutenant-General William Ramsden
Lieutenant-General William Ramsden was a senior British Army officer best known for his corps-level command roles during the Second World War.
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B.
Colonel T. M. Backhouse
Colonel T. M. Backhouse was a British Army legal officer who served as a leading prosecutor in the post–World War II war crimes trials, notably those concerning atrocities committed at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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C.
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership and death during the First Boer War.
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D.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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E.
Brigadier General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith
Brigadier General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic and War of 1812 era, noted for his leadership of light infantry and service in several key campaigns in Europe and North America.
- 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: Lt. Col. William Lambton Target entity description: Lt. Col. William Lambton was a British Army officer and pioneering surveyor best known for initiating and leading the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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A.
Lieutenant-General William Ramsden
Lieutenant-General William Ramsden was a senior British Army officer best known for his corps-level command roles during the Second World War.
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B.
Colonel T. M. Backhouse
Colonel T. M. Backhouse was a British Army legal officer who served as a leading prosecutor in the post–World War II war crimes trials, notably those concerning atrocities committed at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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C.
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership and death during the First Boer War.
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D.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell
Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell was a British Army officer renowned for his crucial role in defending the farmhouse of Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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E.
Brigadier General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith
Brigadier General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic and War of 1812 era, noted for his leadership of light infantry and service in several key campaigns in Europe and North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.