Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer

Target entity: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer
Context triple: [Herbert Spencer, influencedBy, Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer]

• A. Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist)
  Charles Darwin was the son of the physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family, distinct from his more famous naturalist grandson of the same name.
• B. Herbert Spencer
  Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
• C. Robert Darwin
  Robert Darwin was an English physician and financier best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin–Wedgwood family.
• D. Henry Malthus
  Henry Malthus was a son of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus, known primarily through this familial connection.
• E. James Mill
  James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Herbert Spencer's father, William George Spencer
Target entity description: William George Spencer was an English schoolteacher and nonconformist educator whose progressive, scientific approach to teaching significantly shaped the philosophical development of his son, Herbert Spencer.

• A. Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin, not the naturalist)
  Charles Darwin was the son of the physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin family, distinct from his more famous naturalist grandson of the same name.
• B. Herbert Spencer
  Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century English philosopher and sociologist best known for applying evolutionary theory to social and ethical issues and popularizing the concept of "survival of the fittest."
• C. Robert Darwin
  Robert Darwin was an English physician and financier best known as the father of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Darwin–Wedgwood family.
• D. Henry Malthus
  Henry Malthus was a son of the influential British economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus, known primarily through this familial connection.
• E. James Mill
  James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
• F. None of above. chosen