Sir Lewis Alexander Grant
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Sir Lewis Alexander Grant was a Scottish nobleman and landowner who served as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, representing the British monarch in that county.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Lewis Alexander Grant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11243642 — 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 Lewis Alexander Grant Context triple: [Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, officeHolder, Sir Lewis Alexander Grant]
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A.
Archibald Alexander Leach
Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Thomas William Robertson
Thomas William Robertson was a 19th-century English dramatist and stage director known for pioneering realistic “cup and saucer” domestic drama in Victorian theatre.
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C.
Harold Knox-Shaw
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
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D.
Frederick Stanley Maude
Frederick Stanley Maude was a British Army general in World War I, best known for leading successful operations in Mesopotamia, including the capture of Baghdad in 1917.
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E.
John Frederick Adolphus McNair
John Frederick Adolphus McNair was a 19th-century British colonial engineer and architect who played a key role in designing prominent public buildings in Singapore.
- 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 Lewis Alexander Grant Target entity description: Sir Lewis Alexander Grant was a Scottish nobleman and landowner who served as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, representing the British monarch in that county.
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A.
Archibald Alexander Leach
Archibald Alexander Leach was the birth name of Cary Grant, the iconic British-American film actor renowned for his debonair charm and roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Thomas William Robertson
Thomas William Robertson was a 19th-century English dramatist and stage director known for pioneering realistic “cup and saucer” domestic drama in Victorian theatre.
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C.
Harold Knox-Shaw
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
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D.
Frederick Stanley Maude
Frederick Stanley Maude was a British Army general in World War I, best known for leading successful operations in Mesopotamia, including the capture of Baghdad in 1917.
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E.
John Frederick Adolphus McNair
John Frederick Adolphus McNair was a 19th-century British colonial engineer and architect who played a key role in designing prominent public buildings in Singapore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lord Lieutenant
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Scottish nobleman ⓘ landowner ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName | Grant ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alexander
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Lewis ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Elginshire ⓘ |
| nobleTitleCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| notableFor | serving as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire ⓘ |
| occupation |
landowner
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nobleman ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire ⓘ |
| represented |
British monarch
ⓘ
Crown ⓘ |
| residence | Elginshire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Lewis Alexander Grant Description of subject: Sir Lewis Alexander Grant was a Scottish nobleman and landowner who served as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, representing the British monarch in that county.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.