Simon Schama
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Simon Schama is a British historian, writer, and broadcaster known for his works on art history, cultural history, and his popular BBC documentary series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Schama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16421023 — 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: Simon Schama Context triple: [London Library, hasNotableMember, Simon Schama]
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A.
Peter Burke
Peter Burke is a principled and sharp FBI agent in the TV series "White Collar," known for his partnership with con artist Neal Caffrey to solve white-collar crimes.
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B.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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C.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
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D.
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist historian renowned for his influential works on the "long nineteenth century" and the social and economic history of modern Europe.
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E.
Norman Davies
Norman Davies is a British historian renowned for his influential works on Polish and European history, including detailed studies of key events such as the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.
- 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: Simon Schama Target entity description: Simon Schama is a British historian, writer, and broadcaster known for his works on art history, cultural history, and his popular BBC documentary series.
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A.
Peter Burke
Peter Burke is a principled and sharp FBI agent in the TV series "White Collar," known for his partnership with con artist Neal Caffrey to solve white-collar crimes.
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B.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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C.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
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D.
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist historian renowned for his influential works on the "long nineteenth century" and the social and economic history of modern Europe.
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E.
Norman Davies
Norman Davies is a British historian renowned for his influential works on Polish and European history, including detailed studies of key events such as the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.