Sir David Beattie
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Sir David Beattie was a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as the country's Governor-General in the early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir David Beattie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20801027 — 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: Sir David Beattie Context triple: [Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand, governorGeneral, Sir David Beattie]
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A.
Sir David Tweedie
Sir David Tweedie is a Scottish accountant and standard-setter best known for leading the global move toward harmonized international financial reporting standards.
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B.
Sir Iain Tennant
Sir Iain Tennant was a Scottish landowner and public figure who served in prominent ceremonial and civic roles, notably within Moray (formerly Elginshire).
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C.
Lord Reith
Lord Reith was the founding director-general of the BBC and a key architect of British public service broadcasting in the early 20th century.
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D.
Sir David Bell
Sir David Bell is a British educational leader and former senior civil servant who has served as vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland and previously as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education.
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E.
Sir Eric Drummond
Sir Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, playing a key role in shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy.
- 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: Sir David Beattie Target entity description: Sir David Beattie was a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as the country's Governor-General in the early 1980s.
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A.
Sir David Tweedie
Sir David Tweedie is a Scottish accountant and standard-setter best known for leading the global move toward harmonized international financial reporting standards.
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B.
Sir Iain Tennant
Sir Iain Tennant was a Scottish landowner and public figure who served in prominent ceremonial and civic roles, notably within Moray (formerly Elginshire).
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C.
Lord Reith
Lord Reith was the founding director-general of the BBC and a key architect of British public service broadcasting in the early 20th century.
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D.
Sir David Bell
Sir David Bell is a British educational leader and former senior civil servant who has served as vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland and previously as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education.
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E.
Sir Eric Drummond
Sir Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, playing a key role in shaping early 20th-century international diplomacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.