William Robinson
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William Robinson was a British colonial administrator who served as a senior official in what is now Tasmania during the 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| William Robinson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14477490 — 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: William Robinson Context triple: [Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, officeHolder, William Robinson]
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William Robinson
William Robinson is the resourceful patriarch and leader of the shipwrecked family in Johann David Wyss’s classic adventure novel "The Swiss Family Robinson."
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B.
William Robinson Jr.
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
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C.
William Meadows
William Meadows was the partner of American labor union activist and nuclear safety whistleblower Karen Silkwood.
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William Pengelly
William Pengelly was a 19th-century English geologist and pioneering cave archaeologist known for his meticulous excavations that helped establish the antiquity of humans.
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E.
George Hudson
George Hudson was a 19th-century English railway financier and politician, famously known as the "Railway King" for his dominant role in the early development and expansion of Britain's railway network.
- 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: William Robinson Target entity description: William Robinson was a British colonial administrator who served as a senior official in what is now Tasmania during the 19th century.
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A.
William Robinson
William Robinson is the resourceful patriarch and leader of the shipwrecked family in Johann David Wyss’s classic adventure novel "The Swiss Family Robinson."
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B.
William Robinson Jr.
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
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C.
William Meadows
William Meadows was the partner of American labor union activist and nuclear safety whistleblower Karen Silkwood.
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D.
William Pengelly
William Pengelly was a 19th-century English geologist and pioneering cave archaeologist known for his meticulous excavations that helped establish the antiquity of humans.
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E.
George Hudson
George Hudson was a 19th-century English railway financier and politician, famously known as the "Railway King" for his dominant role in the early development and expansion of Britain's railway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.