William Craigie (historical)
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William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Craigie (historical) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2669215 — 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 Craigie (historical) Context triple: [Oxford English Dictionary, hasChiefEditor, William Craigie (historical)]
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A.
David Dickson
David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
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B.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
James Pattison Cockburn
James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
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E.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
- 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 Craigie (historical) Target entity description: William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
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A.
David Dickson
David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
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B.
William Robertson
William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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C.
William Kirkpatrick
William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
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D.
James Pattison Cockburn
James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
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E.
John Brotherton
John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
English lexicography
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| contributedTo | historical lexicography of English ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
Oxford University Press
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Craigie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English language
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre |
dictionary
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reference work ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor | work on the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name |
William Alexander Craigie
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surface form:
William Craigie
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| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableRole | one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
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philologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Oxford ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William Craigie (historical) Description of subject: William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.