William Paston
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William Paston was a prominent member of the influential Paston family of Norfolk, known for their extensive correspondence that provides a key source on English social and political life in the 15th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir William Paston | 2 |
| William Paston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18512145 — 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: William Paston Context triple: [Paston, hasNotableBearer, William Paston]
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A.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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B.
Margaret Paston
Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
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C.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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D.
Edmund Plowden
Edmund Plowden was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and legal scholar renowned for his authoritative law reports and influence on common law jurisprudence.
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E.
Mansfield Lovell
Mansfield Lovell was a Confederate major general best known for his controversial command and loss of New Orleans to Union forces during the American Civil War.
- 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: William Paston Target entity description: William Paston was a prominent member of the influential Paston family of Norfolk, known for their extensive correspondence that provides a key source on English social and political life in the 15th century.
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A.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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B.
Margaret Paston
Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
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C.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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D.
Edmund Plowden
Edmund Plowden was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and legal scholar renowned for his authoritative law reports and influence on common law jurisprudence.
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E.
Mansfield Lovell
Mansfield Lovell was a Confederate major general best known for his controversial command and loss of New Orleans to Union forces during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Paston
linked to: William Paston