Thomas Waite (regicide)
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Thomas Waite was a 17th-century English politician and army officer best known as one of the regicides who signed the death warrant of King Charles I.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Waite (regicide) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13758952 — 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: Thomas Waite (regicide) Context triple: [Waite, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Waite (regicide)]
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A.
Edmund Dudley
Edmund Dudley was an English lawyer, administrator, and financial agent to King Henry VII, later executed for treason at the start of Henry VIII’s reign.
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B.
William Lithgow
William Lithgow was a Scottish traveler and author of the early 17th century, best known for his extensive journeys across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which he documented in vivid travel narratives.
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C.
Robert Aske
Robert Aske was a 16th-century English lawyer and rebel who led the Catholic uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace against Henry VIII’s religious reforms.
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D.
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
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E.
William Lord Hastings
William Lord Hastings was a 15th-century English nobleman and close advisor to King Edward IV who was abruptly executed during the political turmoil preceding Richard III’s rise to the throne.
- 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: Thomas Waite (regicide) Target entity description: Thomas Waite was a 17th-century English politician and army officer best known as one of the regicides who signed the death warrant of King Charles I.
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A.
Edmund Dudley
Edmund Dudley was an English lawyer, administrator, and financial agent to King Henry VII, later executed for treason at the start of Henry VIII’s reign.
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B.
William Lithgow
William Lithgow was a Scottish traveler and author of the early 17th century, best known for his extensive journeys across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, which he documented in vivid travel narratives.
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C.
Robert Aske
Robert Aske was a 16th-century English lawyer and rebel who led the Catholic uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace against Henry VIII’s religious reforms.
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D.
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and political thinker best known for his influential work on church-state relations and his role in the Covenanter movement.
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E.
William Lord Hastings
William Lord Hastings was a 15th-century English nobleman and close advisor to King Edward IV who was abruptly executed during the political turmoil preceding Richard III’s rise to the throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.