Thomas Cavendish
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Thomas Cavendish was a 16th-century English explorer and privateer best known for leading the third circumnavigation of the globe and raiding Spanish possessions in the Americas and Pacific.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Cavendish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18227955 — 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: Thomas Cavendish Context triple: [Puerto San Julián, visitedBy, Thomas Cavendish]
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A.
James Grenville
James Grenville was an 18th-century British politician and member of the influential Grenville family who served in the House of Commons and held various government offices.
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B.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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C.
Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
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D.
Sir Francis Willoughby
Sir Francis Willoughby was a 16th-century English industrialist and landowner known for his coal-mining wealth and for commissioning the grand Elizabethan mansion Wollaton Hall near Nottingham.
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E.
Viscount Sidney
Viscount Sidney is a noble title in the Peerage of England historically associated with the statesman Henry Sidney, a key political figure in the late 17th century.
- 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: Thomas Cavendish Target entity description: Thomas Cavendish was a 16th-century English explorer and privateer best known for leading the third circumnavigation of the globe and raiding Spanish possessions in the Americas and Pacific.
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A.
James Grenville
James Grenville was an 18th-century British politician and member of the influential Grenville family who served in the House of Commons and held various government offices.
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B.
William Dorrington
William Dorrington was a Jacobite military officer who served as a senior commander in the Irish Williamite War, notably leading forces at major engagements such as the Battle of Aughrim.
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C.
Robin Cavendish
Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
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D.
Sir Francis Willoughby
Sir Francis Willoughby was a 16th-century English industrialist and landowner known for his coal-mining wealth and for commissioning the grand Elizabethan mansion Wollaton Hall near Nottingham.
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E.
Viscount Sidney
Viscount Sidney is a noble title in the Peerage of England historically associated with the statesman Henry Sidney, a key political figure in the late 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.