John Shore
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British colonial administrator
Governor-General of India
baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
human
John Shore was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India and played a key role in shaping late 18th-century revenue and land settlement policies in Bengal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Shore canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5040195 — 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: John Shore Context triple: [Permanent Settlement of Bengal, influencedBy, John Shore]
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A.
William Robbie
William Robbie is a notable former pupil of Aberdeen Grammar School, recognized for his achievements after attending the historic Scottish secondary school.
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B.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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C.
Geoffrey Drake
Geoffrey Drake was a film art director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century productions such as the war adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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D.
John Ridgely
John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
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E.
Sir James Eyre
Sir James Eyre was an 18th-century English judge who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer and played a prominent role in several significant political and legal trials of his time.
- 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: John Shore Target entity description: John Shore was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India and played a key role in shaping late 18th-century revenue and land settlement policies in Bengal.
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A.
William Robbie
William Robbie is a notable former pupil of Aberdeen Grammar School, recognized for his achievements after attending the historic Scottish secondary school.
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B.
John Knightbridge
John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
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C.
Geoffrey Drake
Geoffrey Drake was a film art director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century productions such as the war adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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D.
John Ridgely
John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
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E.
Sir James Eyre
Sir James Eyre was an 18th-century English judge who served as Chief Baron of the Exchequer and played a prominent role in several significant political and legal trials of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial administrator
ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1751-10-05 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1834-02-14 ⓘ |
| employer |
East India Company
ⓘ
linked to:
British East India Company
|
| endTime | 1798 ⓘ |
| familyName | Shore ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| memberOf | East India Company civil service ⓘ |
| name | John Shore ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 1st Baron Teignmouth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
shaping late 18th-century land settlement policy in Bengal
ⓘ
shaping late 18th-century revenue policy in Bengal ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Permanent Settlement implementation in Bengal
ⓘ
land settlement policies in Bengal ⓘ revenue administration in Bengal ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ |
| participantIn | administration of British India in the late 18th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
British rule in India
ⓘ
linked to:
British India
|
| positionHeld |
Governor-General of Bengal
ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to:
Governor-General
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| startTime | 1793 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bengal Presidency
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: John Shore Description of subject: John Shore was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India and played a key role in shaping late 18th-century revenue and land settlement policies in Bengal.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.