Lord Maxwell
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Lord Maxwell is a Scottish noble title historically held by the powerful Maxwell family, prominent in the Border regions and Scottish politics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Maxwell canonical | 7 |
| Maxwell of Springkell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12189365 — 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: Lord Maxwell Context triple: [Maxwell family, nobleTitle, Lord Maxwell]
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A.
George Murchison
George Murchison is a wealthy, educated suitor of Beneatha Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," representing assimilationist values and middle-class Black respectability.
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B.
William Sutherland Maxwell
William Sutherland Maxwell was a Canadian architect best known in the Bahá’í Faith for designing the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa.
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C.
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian chemical engineer and academic who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013.
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D.
William Railton
William Railton was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square.
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E.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
- 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: Lord Maxwell Target entity description: Lord Maxwell is a Scottish noble title historically held by the powerful Maxwell family, prominent in the Border regions and Scottish politics.
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A.
George Murchison
George Murchison is a wealthy, educated suitor of Beneatha Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," representing assimilationist values and middle-class Black respectability.
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B.
William Sutherland Maxwell
William Sutherland Maxwell was a Canadian architect best known in the Bahá’í Faith for designing the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa.
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C.
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian chemical engineer and academic who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013.
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D.
William Railton
William Railton was a 19th-century English architect best known for designing Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square.
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E.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lord Maxwell