Sir Archibald Alison
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Sir Archibald Alison was a 19th-century British Army general noted for his service in colonial campaigns, including the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Crimean War.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17740129 — 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 Archibald Alison Context triple: [Battle of Tel el-Kebir, commander, Sir Archibald Alison]
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Sir John Macneill
Sir John Macneill was a prominent 19th-century Irish civil engineer noted for his pioneering work on railway infrastructure and major bridges.
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Sir John Aird
Sir John Aird was a prominent Canadian banker who served as president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and chaired the influential 1929 Aird Commission on public broadcasting.
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C.
Sir John Campbell Brodie
Sir John Campbell Brodie was a Scottish nobleman and public figure who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s representative in that county.
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D.
Sir William Crichton
Sir William Crichton was a 15th-century Scottish statesman and power broker who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a central role in the ruthless political intrigues of the minority reign of James II.
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E.
Sir Archibald Dunbar
Sir Archibald Dunbar was a Scottish nobleman and landowner who served as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s chief representative in the county.
- 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 Archibald Alison Target entity description: Sir Archibald Alison was a 19th-century British Army general noted for his service in colonial campaigns, including the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Crimean War.
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A.
Sir John Macneill
Sir John Macneill was a prominent 19th-century Irish civil engineer noted for his pioneering work on railway infrastructure and major bridges.
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B.
Sir John Aird
Sir John Aird was a prominent Canadian banker who served as president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and chaired the influential 1929 Aird Commission on public broadcasting.
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C.
Sir John Campbell Brodie
Sir John Campbell Brodie was a Scottish nobleman and public figure who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s representative in that county.
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D.
Sir William Crichton
Sir William Crichton was a 15th-century Scottish statesman and power broker who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a central role in the ruthless political intrigues of the minority reign of James II.
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E.
Sir Archibald Dunbar
Sir Archibald Dunbar was a Scottish nobleman and landowner who served as Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s chief representative in the county.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.