William Jervois
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William Jervois was a British military engineer and colonial administrator who served as governor in several parts of the British Empire during the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Jervois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23510540 — 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: William Jervois Context triple: [Colony of South Australia, governor, William Jervois]
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A.
A. E. Anson
A. E. Anson was a British stage and film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
John Cradock
John Cradock was a British clergyman who served as Archbishop of Dublin in the 18th century.
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C.
Frederick Stopford
Frederick Stopford was a British Army general best known for his controversial and widely criticized leadership during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I.
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D.
George B. Rodney
George B. Rodney was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Delaware.
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E.
James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
- 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: William Jervois Target entity description: William Jervois was a British military engineer and colonial administrator who served as governor in several parts of the British Empire during the late 19th century.
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A.
A. E. Anson
A. E. Anson was a British stage and film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
John Cradock
John Cradock was a British clergyman who served as Archbishop of Dublin in the 18th century.
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C.
Frederick Stopford
Frederick Stopford was a British Army general best known for his controversial and widely criticized leadership during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I.
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D.
George B. Rodney
George B. Rodney was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Delaware.
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E.
James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer renowned for his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions, including the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.