Maurice James Dease
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Maurice James Dease was a British Army officer and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross in World War I for his gallantry during the Battle of Mons in 1914.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17483983 — 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: Maurice James Dease Context triple: [St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, containsGraveOf, Maurice James Dease]
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A.
Peter Warren Dease
Peter Warren Dease was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and Arctic explorer known for his significant contributions to early overland expeditions in northern Canada.
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B.
Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, known for his extensive expeditions throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West.
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C.
Edwin James
Edwin James was a 19th-century American botanist, explorer, and physician best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Pikes Peak and for his scientific work on the American West.
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D.
George Simpson
George Simpson was a British meteorologist best known for serving as the chief meteorologist on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition (1910–1913).
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E.
William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie was a 19th-century Scottish-born physician, fur trader, and naturalist who played a significant role in the early history and exploration of the Pacific Northwest.
- 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: Maurice James Dease Target entity description: Maurice James Dease was a British Army officer and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross in World War I for his gallantry during the Battle of Mons in 1914.
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A.
Peter Warren Dease
Peter Warren Dease was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and Arctic explorer known for his significant contributions to early overland expeditions in northern Canada.
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B.
Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, known for his extensive expeditions throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West.
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C.
Edwin James
Edwin James was a 19th-century American botanist, explorer, and physician best known for leading the first recorded ascent of Pikes Peak and for his scientific work on the American West.
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D.
George Simpson
George Simpson was a British meteorologist best known for serving as the chief meteorologist on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Antarctic expedition (1910–1913).
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E.
William Fraser Tolmie
William Fraser Tolmie was a 19th-century Scottish-born physician, fur trader, and naturalist who played a significant role in the early history and exploration of the Pacific Northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.