Sir Eyre Coote
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Sir Eyre Coote was an 18th-century British Army officer and East India Company commander noted for his major victories against Indian rulers, particularly in southern India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir Eyre Coote canonical | 12 |
| British: Sir Eyre Coote | 1 |
| Eyre Coote (British Army officer, born 1762) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2416237 — 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 Eyre Coote Context triple: [Second Anglo-Mysore War, significantCommander, Sir Eyre Coote]
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A.
Charles James Napier
Charles James Napier was a British Army officer best known for leading the conquest and annexation of Sindh in India during the 1840s.
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B.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a prominent British Army field marshal and one of the most celebrated military commanders of the Victorian era, noted for his service in India and the Second Boer War.
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C.
Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan was a British field marshal best known for commanding the British Army during the Crimean War, particularly at the Battle of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
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D.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
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E.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
- 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 Eyre Coote Target entity description: Sir Eyre Coote was an 18th-century British Army officer and East India Company commander noted for his major victories against Indian rulers, particularly in southern India.
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A.
Charles James Napier
Charles James Napier was a British Army officer best known for leading the conquest and annexation of Sindh in India during the 1840s.
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B.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a prominent British Army field marshal and one of the most celebrated military commanders of the Victorian era, noted for his service in India and the Second Boer War.
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C.
Lord Raglan
Lord Raglan was a British field marshal best known for commanding the British Army during the Crimean War, particularly at the Battle of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade.
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D.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
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E.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
East India Company officer ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| affiliation |
British Empire
ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
linked to:
British East India Company
|
| conflict |
Anglo-French conflicts in India
ⓘ
Carnatic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| employer |
East India Company
ⓘ
linked to:
British East India Company
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Eyre ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | major victories in southern India ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigns in southern India
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military campaigns in India ⓘ victories against Indian rulers ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| opponent |
French colonial forces in India
ⓘ
Indian rulers in southern India ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
India
ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
linked to:
South India
|
| positionHeld |
British Army general in India
ⓘ
commander in the East India Company forces ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
18th-century warfare
ⓘ
colonial warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Eyre Coote Description of subject: Sir Eyre Coote was an 18th-century British Army officer and East India Company commander noted for his major victories against Indian rulers, particularly in southern India.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sir Eyre Coote
linked to: Sir Eyre Coote