Francis Cornwallis
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Francis Cornwallis was a British military officer who commanded forces during the 1776 occupation of Newport in the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francis Cornwallis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18716352 — 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: Francis Cornwallis Context triple: [British occupation of Newport (1776), commander, Francis Cornwallis]
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A.
Frederick Cornwallis
Frederick Cornwallis was an 18th-century English clergyman who became Archbishop of Canterbury and a prominent religious figure in the Church of England.
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B.
Charles Thornton Townshend
Charles Thornton Townshend was a British gentleman of the 19th century best known as the father of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, a prominent officer in the British Army.
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C.
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman who served as a senior British colonial administrator and played a significant role in the policies leading up to the American Revolution.
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D.
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century Irish-born British peer and politician who established the Shelburne title later held by his more famous son, the future Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
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E.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, was an 18th-century British statesman and colonial secretary whose sympathetic stance toward the American colonies led several places in New England, including Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to be named in his honor.
- 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: Francis Cornwallis Target entity description: Francis Cornwallis was a British military officer who commanded forces during the 1776 occupation of Newport in the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Frederick Cornwallis
Frederick Cornwallis was an 18th-century English clergyman who became Archbishop of Canterbury and a prominent religious figure in the Church of England.
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B.
Charles Thornton Townshend
Charles Thornton Townshend was a British gentleman of the 19th century best known as the father of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, a prominent officer in the British Army.
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C.
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish statesman who served as a senior British colonial administrator and played a significant role in the policies leading up to the American Revolution.
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D.
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne
John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century Irish-born British peer and politician who established the Shelburne title later held by his more famous son, the future Prime Minister William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
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E.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, was an 18th-century British statesman and colonial secretary whose sympathetic stance toward the American colonies led several places in New England, including Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to be named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.