Sir Robert Stopford
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Sir Robert Stopford was a British Royal Navy admiral noted for his long service during the Napoleonic Wars and for leading the fleet in the 1840 campaign on the Syrian coast.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sir Robert Stopford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21640662 — 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 Robert Stopford Context triple: [Bombardment of Acre (1840), commander, Sir Robert Stopford]
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Sir Robert Ainslie
Sir Robert Ainslie was an 18th-century British diplomat, orientalist, and art collector best known for his influential tenure as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and his extensive collection of antiquities and drawings.
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Sir William Rooke Creswell
Sir William Rooke Creswell was a pioneering Australian naval officer often regarded as the "father of the Royal Australian Navy" for his key role in its establishment and development.
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C.
Sir Herbert Stewart
Sir Herbert Stewart was a British Army officer and distinguished Victorian-era commander noted for his leadership in the Sudan campaign.
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D.
Sir Edmund Hirst
Sir Edmund Hirst was a prominent British chemist known for his pioneering work in carbohydrate chemistry and structural elucidation of sugars.
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E.
Sir Edmund Henderson
Sir Edmund Henderson was a 19th-century British civil servant best known for serving as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London.
- 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 Robert Stopford Target entity description: Sir Robert Stopford was a British Royal Navy admiral noted for his long service during the Napoleonic Wars and for leading the fleet in the 1840 campaign on the Syrian coast.
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A.
Sir Robert Ainslie
Sir Robert Ainslie was an 18th-century British diplomat, orientalist, and art collector best known for his influential tenure as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and his extensive collection of antiquities and drawings.
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B.
Sir William Rooke Creswell
Sir William Rooke Creswell was a pioneering Australian naval officer often regarded as the "father of the Royal Australian Navy" for his key role in its establishment and development.
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C.
Sir Herbert Stewart
Sir Herbert Stewart was a British Army officer and distinguished Victorian-era commander noted for his leadership in the Sudan campaign.
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D.
Sir Edmund Hirst
Sir Edmund Hirst was a prominent British chemist known for his pioneering work in carbohydrate chemistry and structural elucidation of sugars.
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E.
Sir Edmund Henderson
Sir Edmund Henderson was a 19th-century British civil servant best known for serving as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.