James Stirling
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James Stirling was an 18th-century Scottish mathematician best known for his work in analysis and for the approximation formula for factorials that bears his name.
All labels observed (1)
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| James Stirling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12597300 — 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: James Stirling Context triple: [Stirling's approximation, namedAfter, James Stirling]
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A.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a 19th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Western Australia.
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B.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a prominent British architect known for his influential transition from modernism to postmodernism, marked by bold forms, complex geometries, and innovative use of color and materials.
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C.
Colin Rowe
Colin Rowe was a British architectural historian and theorist known for his influential essays on modernism, urban form, and the relationship between classical and modern architecture.
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D.
Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers was a renowned British architect celebrated for his high-tech, modernist designs, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Lloyd’s building in London.
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E.
Basil Spence
Basil Spence was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for his modernist designs and major postwar reconstruction projects in the United Kingdom.
- 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: James Stirling Target entity description: James Stirling was an 18th-century Scottish mathematician best known for his work in analysis and for the approximation formula for factorials that bears his name.
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A.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a 19th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Western Australia.
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B.
James Stirling
James Stirling was a prominent British architect known for his influential transition from modernism to postmodernism, marked by bold forms, complex geometries, and innovative use of color and materials.
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C.
Colin Rowe
Colin Rowe was a British architectural historian and theorist known for his influential essays on modernism, urban form, and the relationship between classical and modern architecture.
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D.
Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers was a renowned British architect celebrated for his high-tech, modernist designs, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Lloyd’s building in London.
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E.
Basil Spence
Basil Spence was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for his modernist designs and major postwar reconstruction projects in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.