Alice Balfour
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Alice Balfour was a Scottish entomologist and scientific illustrator from a prominent political family, known for her studies of insects and contributions to natural history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alice Blanche Balfour | 2 |
| Alice Balfour canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15847419 — 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: Alice Balfour Context triple: [James Maitland Balfour, hasChild, Alice Balfour]
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A.
Margaret Isabella Balfour
Margaret Isabella Balfour was the Scottish mother of author Robert Louis Stevenson, belonging to a prominent Edinburgh family.
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B.
Margaret Fraser
Margaret Fraser was the mother of British Army officer and Special Air Service (SAS) founder David Stirling.
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C.
Elisabeth Farquharson
Elisabeth Farquharson was an 18th-century Scottish gentlewoman best known as the wife of the jurist and early evolutionary thinker James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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D.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
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E.
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in numerous Hollywood dramas and crime films.
- 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: Alice Balfour Target entity description: Alice Balfour was a Scottish entomologist and scientific illustrator from a prominent political family, known for her studies of insects and contributions to natural history.
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A.
Margaret Isabella Balfour
Margaret Isabella Balfour was the Scottish mother of author Robert Louis Stevenson, belonging to a prominent Edinburgh family.
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B.
Margaret Fraser
Margaret Fraser was the mother of British Army officer and Special Air Service (SAS) founder David Stirling.
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C.
Elisabeth Farquharson
Elisabeth Farquharson was an 18th-century Scottish gentlewoman best known as the wife of the jurist and early evolutionary thinker James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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D.
Margaret Robertson
Margaret Robertson was the wife of Scottish physicist and radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
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E.
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her supporting roles in numerous Hollywood dramas and crime films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alice Balfour
linked to: Alice Balfour