Sir John Marshall (Taxila excavations)
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Sir John Marshall was a British archaeologist and Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, renowned for his pioneering excavations at ancient sites such as Taxila and Mohenjo-daro.
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| Sir John Marshall (Taxila excavations) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23224514 — 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 Marshall (Taxila excavations) Context triple: [Sirsukh, excavatedBy, Sir John Marshall (Taxila excavations)]
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A.
Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham was a 19th-century British archaeologist and army engineer renowned as the pioneering figure of Indian archaeology and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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B.
Mortimer Wheeler
Mortimer Wheeler was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist and museum director known for his influential excavation methods and popularization of archaeology through public lectures and broadcasting.
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C.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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D.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
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E.
John Prinsep
John Prinsep was an 18th–19th century British merchant, indigo planter, and politician associated with the East India Company and the early colonial economy in India.
- 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 Marshall (Taxila excavations) Target entity description: Sir John Marshall was a British archaeologist and Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, renowned for his pioneering excavations at ancient sites such as Taxila and Mohenjo-daro.
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A.
Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham was a 19th-century British archaeologist and army engineer renowned as the pioneering figure of Indian archaeology and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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B.
Mortimer Wheeler
Mortimer Wheeler was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist and museum director known for his influential excavation methods and popularization of archaeology through public lectures and broadcasting.
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C.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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D.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
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E.
John Prinsep
John Prinsep was an 18th–19th century British merchant, indigo planter, and politician associated with the East India Company and the early colonial economy in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
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