Sir James Hector
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Sir James Hector was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and explorer who played a key role in developing New Zealand’s scientific institutions.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15661809 — 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: Sir James Hector Context triple: [Hector Medal, namedAfter, Sir James Hector]
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A.
Sir Alexander MacRobert
Sir Alexander MacRobert was a Scottish self-made industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune and family became notable for their contributions to aviation and charitable causes.
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B.
Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
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C.
Francis Derwent Wood
Francis Derwent Wood was a British sculptor known for his war memorials and pioneering work creating lifelike facial masks for disfigured World War I soldiers.
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D.
John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
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E.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of 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: Sir James Hector Target entity description: Sir James Hector was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and explorer who played a key role in developing New Zealand’s scientific institutions.
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A.
Sir Alexander MacRobert
Sir Alexander MacRobert was a Scottish self-made industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune and family became notable for their contributions to aviation and charitable causes.
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B.
Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
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C.
Francis Derwent Wood
Francis Derwent Wood was a British sculptor known for his war memorials and pioneering work creating lifelike facial masks for disfigured World War I soldiers.
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D.
John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
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E.
Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of 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.