Clement Paston
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Clement Paston was a member of the prominent Paston family of Norfolk, England, known from the Paston Letters that document the lives and fortunes of the gentry in the 15th and 16th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clement Paston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18512147 — 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: Clement Paston Context triple: [Paston, hasNotableBearer, Clement Paston]
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A.
William Paston
William Paston was a prominent member of the influential Paston family of Norfolk, known for their extensive correspondence that provides a key source on English social and political life in the 15th century.
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B.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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C.
Margaret Paston
Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
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D.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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E.
Edward Kynaston
Edward Kynaston was a celebrated 17th-century English actor renowned as one of the last male performers to play female roles on the London stage before women were allowed to act.
- 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: Clement Paston Target entity description: Clement Paston was a member of the prominent Paston family of Norfolk, England, known from the Paston Letters that document the lives and fortunes of the gentry in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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A.
William Paston
William Paston was a prominent member of the influential Paston family of Norfolk, known for their extensive correspondence that provides a key source on English social and political life in the 15th century.
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B.
John Paston
John Paston was a 15th-century English landowner and member of the prominent Paston family, best known through the Paston Letters that document his and his relatives’ lives and legal struggles.
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C.
Margaret Paston
Margaret Paston was a 15th-century English gentlewoman best known for the Paston Letters, a rich collection of family correspondence that provides a detailed picture of late medieval English society and domestic life.
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D.
Bridget Paston
Bridget Paston was an English gentlewoman of the prominent Paston family, best known historically as the wife of eminent jurist Sir Edward Coke.
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E.
Edward Kynaston
Edward Kynaston was a celebrated 17th-century English actor renowned as one of the last male performers to play female roles on the London stage before women were allowed to act.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.