Sir Alexander Wengrave
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Sir Alexander Wengrave is a wealthy, status-conscious London gentleman and the disapproving father figure in Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s Jacobean city comedy "The Roaring Girl."
All labels observed (1)
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| Sir Alexander Wengrave canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23078644 — 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 Alexander Wengrave Context triple: [The Roaring Girl, featuresCharacter, Sir Alexander Wengrave]
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A.
Sir William Drysdale
Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
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B.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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C.
Sir William Worthy
Sir William Worthy is a central laird-like figure in Allan Ramsay’s pastoral drama "The Gentle Shepherd," representing the benevolent, aristocratic ideal within the play’s Scottish rural setting.
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D.
Sir Richard Weston
Sir Richard Weston was a 17th-century English engineer and landowner renowned for pioneering canal and irrigation projects, including early work that influenced modern inland navigation in England.
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E.
Sir William St Loe
Sir William St Loe was a 16th-century English courtier and landowner who served as Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and became notably wealthy and influential through his marriage to Bess of Hardwick.
- 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 Alexander Wengrave Target entity description: Sir Alexander Wengrave is a wealthy, status-conscious London gentleman and the disapproving father figure in Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s Jacobean city comedy "The Roaring Girl."
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A.
Sir William Drysdale
Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
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B.
Sir Matthew Holworthy
Sir Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist known for his substantial benefactions to educational institutions, including Harvard University.
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C.
Sir William Worthy
Sir William Worthy is a central laird-like figure in Allan Ramsay’s pastoral drama "The Gentle Shepherd," representing the benevolent, aristocratic ideal within the play’s Scottish rural setting.
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D.
Sir Richard Weston
Sir Richard Weston was a 17th-century English engineer and landowner renowned for pioneering canal and irrigation projects, including early work that influenced modern inland navigation in England.
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E.
Sir William St Loe
Sir William St Loe was a 16th-century English courtier and landowner who served as Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and became notably wealthy and influential through his marriage to Bess of Hardwick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.