Robert Long (soldier)
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Robert Long was a British Army officer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the early 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Long (soldier) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23157051 — 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 Long (soldier) Context triple: [Robert Long (given name), hasNotableBearer, Robert Long (soldier)]
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A.
William Roy
William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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B.
Robert Abercromby
Robert Abercromby was a British Army officer who served as a senior commander during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Colonel William Baillie
Colonel William Baillie was a British East India Company officer best known for his ill-fated command and capture during the 1780 campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War against Tipu Sultan.
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D.
Sir Andrew Duncan
Sir Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who played a key role in managing wartime production and economic policy during the Second World War.
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E.
Irvine Bulloch
Irvine Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer best known for serving as an officer and gunner aboard the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
- 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 Long (soldier) Target entity description: Robert Long was a British Army officer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the early 18th century.
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A.
William Roy
William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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B.
Robert Abercromby
Robert Abercromby was a British Army officer who served as a senior commander during the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Colonel William Baillie
Colonel William Baillie was a British East India Company officer best known for his ill-fated command and capture during the 1780 campaigns of the Second Anglo-Mysore War against Tipu Sultan.
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D.
Sir Andrew Duncan
Sir Andrew Duncan was a British industrialist and politician who played a key role in managing wartime production and economic policy during the Second World War.
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E.
Irvine Bulloch
Irvine Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer best known for serving as an officer and gunner aboard the commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Robert Long