Thomas FitzStephen
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Thomas FitzStephen was the medieval ship's captain whose command of the White Ship ended in a catastrophic 1120 Channel wreck that killed England’s heir, William Adelin, and triggered a succession crisis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas FitzStephen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19293293 — 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: Thomas FitzStephen Context triple: [White Ship disaster, captain, Thomas FitzStephen]
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A.
Simeon Baldwin
Simeon Baldwin was a prominent American jurist and politician from Connecticut who served as governor and as a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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B.
John of Lorne
John of Lorne was a Scottish nobleman of the MacDougall family who opposed Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
John Stewart of Ralston
John Stewart of Ralston was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the influential Stewart family, noted as a younger son of the royal Stewart line and ancestor of several later Scottish lairds.
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D.
John de Burgh
John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
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E.
Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry was an American lawyer, politician, and federal judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- 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: Thomas FitzStephen Target entity description: Thomas FitzStephen was the medieval ship's captain whose command of the White Ship ended in a catastrophic 1120 Channel wreck that killed England’s heir, William Adelin, and triggered a succession crisis.
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A.
Simeon Baldwin
Simeon Baldwin was a prominent American jurist and politician from Connecticut who served as governor and as a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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B.
John of Lorne
John of Lorne was a Scottish nobleman of the MacDougall family who opposed Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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C.
John Stewart of Ralston
John Stewart of Ralston was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman of the influential Stewart family, noted as a younger son of the royal Stewart line and ancestor of several later Scottish lairds.
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D.
John de Burgh
John de Burgh was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the early 14th century, heir to the Earldom of Ulster and a member of the powerful de Burgh (Burke) dynasty.
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E.
Louis Fitzhenry
Louis Fitzhenry was an American lawyer, politician, and federal judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.