Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood
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Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood was a distinguished British Army officer and colonial administrator renowned for his bravery in numerous 19th-century campaigns, including the Anglo-Zulu War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19125462 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood Context triple: [Revd. Sir John Page Wood, notableFamilyMember, Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood]
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A.
Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson
"Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson" refers to the highest British military decoration for valor awarded to Wing Commander Guy Gibson for leading the famous World War II "Dambusters" raid with No. 617 Squadron.
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B.
Rifleman Henry May VC
Rifleman Henry May VC was a British Army soldier in the King's Royal Rifle Corps who received the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery during World War I.
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C.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC was a British Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his exceptional bravery during World War I.
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D.
Rifleman William Mariner VC
Rifleman William Mariner VC was a British Army soldier of the First World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
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E.
Richard Best
Richard Best was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century British cinema.
- 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: Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood Target entity description: Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood was a distinguished British Army officer and colonial administrator renowned for his bravery in numerous 19th-century campaigns, including the Anglo-Zulu War.
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A.
Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson
"Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson" refers to the highest British military decoration for valor awarded to Wing Commander Guy Gibson for leading the famous World War II "Dambusters" raid with No. 617 Squadron.
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B.
Rifleman Henry May VC
Rifleman Henry May VC was a British Army soldier in the King's Royal Rifle Corps who received the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery during World War I.
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C.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC was a British Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for his exceptional bravery during World War I.
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D.
Rifleman William Mariner VC
Rifleman William Mariner VC was a British Army soldier of the First World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
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E.
Richard Best
Richard Best was a film editor known for his work on mid-20th-century British cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
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