Duncan McGillivray
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Duncan McGillivray was a prominent late-18th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer associated with the North West Company and the Montreal-based Beaver Club.
All labels observed (1)
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| Duncan McGillivray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15177545 — 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: Duncan McGillivray Context triple: [Beaver Club, hasMember, Duncan McGillivray]
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A.
Duncan Mackenzie
Duncan Mackenzie was a British archaeologist known for his excavation work in the early 20th century, including significant contributions to the study of Near Eastern sites.
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B.
Duncan Makenzie
Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
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C.
Miles Macdonell
Miles Macdonell was a Scottish-born colonial governor best known for leading and administering the early 19th-century Selkirk-sponsored settlement at the Red River in what is now Manitoba, Canada.
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D.
Angus McGill
Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
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E.
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
- 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: Duncan McGillivray Target entity description: Duncan McGillivray was a prominent late-18th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer associated with the North West Company and the Montreal-based Beaver Club.
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A.
Duncan Mackenzie
Duncan Mackenzie was a British archaeologist known for his excavation work in the early 20th century, including significant contributions to the study of Near Eastern sites.
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B.
Duncan Makenzie
Duncan Makenzie is the protagonist of Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "Imperial Earth," a third-generation colonist from Titan who becomes a key political and cultural bridge between Saturn’s moon and Earth.
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C.
Miles Macdonell
Miles Macdonell was a Scottish-born colonial governor best known for leading and administering the early 19th-century Selkirk-sponsored settlement at the Red River in what is now Manitoba, Canada.
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D.
Angus McGill
Angus McGill was a British journalist and humorist known for his witty newspaper columns and light comic writing.
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E.
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.