William Alexander Craigie
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William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known for his major role in editing the Oxford English Dictionary and for his influential work on English and Scandinavian languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Alexander Craigie canonical | 2 |
| William Craigie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12098121 — 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 Alexander Craigie Context triple: [A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, editor, William Alexander Craigie]
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A.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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B.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
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C.
James Maclehose
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- 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 Alexander Craigie Target entity description: William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known for his major role in editing the Oxford English Dictionary and for his influential work on English and Scandinavian languages.
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A.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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B.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
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C.
James Maclehose
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
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William Alexander Craigie
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subject surface form:
William Craigie
this entity surface form:
William Craigie