Boris Ord
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Boris Ord was a British organist and choral conductor best known for his long tenure directing the Choir of King's College, Cambridge and for composing the popular Advent carol "Adam lay ybounden."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boris Ord canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T983039 — 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: Boris Ord Context triple: [Choir of King's College, Cambridge, formerConductor, Boris Ord]
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A.
Boris Pugo
Boris Pugo was a Soviet politician and hardline Communist official who served as USSR interior minister and became known for his role as one of the leaders of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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B.
Vladimir Olberg
Vladimir Olberg was a Russian revolutionary and political activist who became one of the defendants in the 1931 Soviet show trial known as the Trial of the Sixteen.
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C.
Alexander Rutskoy
Alexander Rutskoy is a Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force officer who served as the first and only Vice President of Russia and played a key role in the 1993 constitutional crisis opposing Boris Yeltsin.
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D.
Oleg Baklanov
Oleg Baklanov was a Soviet politician and high-ranking official who played a key role as one of the hardline plotters in the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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E.
Vladimir Kuts
Vladimir Kuts was a Soviet long-distance runner renowned for winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- 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: Boris Ord Target entity description: Boris Ord was a British organist and choral conductor best known for his long tenure directing the Choir of King's College, Cambridge and for composing the popular Advent carol "Adam lay ybounden."
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A.
Boris Pugo
Boris Pugo was a Soviet politician and hardline Communist official who served as USSR interior minister and became known for his role as one of the leaders of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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B.
Vladimir Olberg
Vladimir Olberg was a Russian revolutionary and political activist who became one of the defendants in the 1931 Soviet show trial known as the Trial of the Sixteen.
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C.
Alexander Rutskoy
Alexander Rutskoy is a Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force officer who served as the first and only Vice President of Russia and played a key role in the 1993 constitutional crisis opposing Boris Yeltsin.
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D.
Oleg Baklanov
Oleg Baklanov was a Soviet politician and high-ranking official who played a key role as one of the hardline plotters in the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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E.
Vladimir Kuts
Vladimir Kuts was a Soviet long-distance runner renowned for winning gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral conductor
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Choir of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| composed | Adam lay ybounden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ord ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choral conducting
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church music ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Boris ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Boris Ord self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composing the Advent carol Adam lay ybounden
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directing the Choir of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| notableWork | Adam lay ybounden ⓘ |
| occupation |
choral conductor
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composer ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge
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Organist and Choirmaster at King's College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boris Ord Description of subject: Boris Ord was a British organist and choral conductor best known for his long tenure directing the Choir of King's College, Cambridge and for composing the popular Advent carol "Adam lay ybounden."
Referenced by (2)
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