Robert Frobisher

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Robert Frobisher is a gifted but troubled young English composer from David Mitchell’s novel "Cloud Atlas," known for creating the ambitious "Cloud Atlas Sextet."

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Frobisher canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21619781 — 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: Robert Frobisher
Context triple: [Rufus Sixsmith, hasFriend, Robert Frobisher]

A. Arthur Frobisher
Arthur Frobisher is a wealthy, corrupt corporate executive and primary antagonist in the legal thriller TV series "Damages."
B. Joseph Frobisher
Joseph Frobisher was a prominent 18th-century Canadian fur trader and merchant who played a key role in the early development of the North West Company.
C. Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
D. William Baffin
William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
E. Ralph Fitch
Ralph Fitch was a 16th-century English merchant and explorer known for his extensive travels in India and Southeast Asia, which helped open early trade routes for the English.
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: Robert Frobisher
Target entity description: Robert Frobisher is a gifted but troubled young English composer from David Mitchell’s novel "Cloud Atlas," known for creating the ambitious "Cloud Atlas Sextet."

A. Arthur Frobisher
Arthur Frobisher is a wealthy, corrupt corporate executive and primary antagonist in the legal thriller TV series "Damages."
B. Joseph Frobisher
Joseph Frobisher was a prominent 18th-century Canadian fur trader and merchant who played a key role in the early development of the North West Company.
C. Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher was a 16th-century English seafarer and privateer best known for his early Arctic voyages in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia.
D. William Baffin
William Baffin was a 17th-century English navigator and explorer renowned for his Arctic voyages and detailed mapping of the Canadian Arctic, including the bay that now bears his name.
E. Ralph Fitch
Ralph Fitch was a 16th-century English merchant and explorer known for his extensive travels in India and Southeast Asia, which helped open early trade routes for the English.
F. None of above. chosen