David Hume of Godscroft
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David Hume of Godscroft was a Scottish historian, political theorist, and poet of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his writings on Scottish history and the House of Douglas.
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| David Hume of Godscroft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23095174 — 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: David Hume of Godscroft Context triple: [Hume family, hasNotableMember, David Hume of Godscroft]
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A.
Thomas Hume
Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
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B.
A. O. Hume
A. O. Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as one of the founders of the Indian National Congress.
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C.
R. D. Hume
R. D. Hume was a 19th-century American businessman and salmon canning entrepreneur who played a key role in developing coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Richard Doddridge
Richard Doddridge was a 19th-century English novelist best known for writing the historical romance "Lorna Doone."
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E.
Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish theologian, historian, and bishop best known for his influential "History of My Own Time" and his prominent role in the religious and political life of late 17th-century Britain.
- 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: David Hume of Godscroft Target entity description: David Hume of Godscroft was a Scottish historian, political theorist, and poet of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known for his writings on Scottish history and the House of Douglas.
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A.
Thomas Hume
Thomas Hume was a prominent 19th-century lumber baron and businessman in Muskegon, Michigan, whose success in the lumber industry led to the construction of the historic Hackley and Hume homes.
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B.
A. O. Hume
A. O. Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as one of the founders of the Indian National Congress.
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C.
R. D. Hume
R. D. Hume was a 19th-century American businessman and salmon canning entrepreneur who played a key role in developing coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
Richard Doddridge
Richard Doddridge was a 19th-century English novelist best known for writing the historical romance "Lorna Doone."
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E.
Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish theologian, historian, and bishop best known for his influential "History of My Own Time" and his prominent role in the religious and political life of late 17th-century Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.