Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
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Sir John Sparrow David Thompson was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada, a prominent 19th-century lawyer and politician who served briefly as the nation's leader before his sudden death in office.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22880949 — 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 John Sparrow David Thompson Context triple: [Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, notableBurial, Sir John Sparrow David Thompson]
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A.
James Augustus Grant
James Augustus Grant was a 19th-century Scottish explorer best known for accompanying John Hanning Speke on the expedition that helped confirm the source of the Nile.
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B.
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, was a prominent Scottish-Canadian businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for his role in building the Canadian Pacific Railway and driving its last spike.
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C.
Conrad Chisholm
Conrad Chisholm was the husband of pioneering U.S. congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.
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D.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
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E.
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a 19th-century United States Navy officer and author best known for his controversial handling of the 1842 Somers Mutiny, in which he ordered the execution of three alleged mutineers at sea.
- 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 John Sparrow David Thompson Target entity description: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada, a prominent 19th-century lawyer and politician who served briefly as the nation's leader before his sudden death in office.
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A.
James Augustus Grant
James Augustus Grant was a 19th-century Scottish explorer best known for accompanying John Hanning Speke on the expedition that helped confirm the source of the Nile.
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B.
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, was a prominent Scottish-Canadian businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for his role in building the Canadian Pacific Railway and driving its last spike.
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C.
Conrad Chisholm
Conrad Chisholm was the husband of pioneering U.S. congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm.
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D.
Sir William Macdonald
Sir William Macdonald was a prominent Canadian tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist whose generous endowments significantly shaped McGill University and its agricultural education programs.
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E.
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie was a 19th-century United States Navy officer and author best known for his controversial handling of the 1842 Somers Mutiny, in which he ordered the execution of three alleged mutineers at sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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notableBurial
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Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
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