James Eric Drummond
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James Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, serving from 1920 to 1933.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Eric Drummond canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2085810 — 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: James Eric Drummond Context triple: [Eric Drummond, fullName, James Eric Drummond]
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A.
Duncan Reid
Duncan Reid is a musician best known as the former bassist and vocalist for the UK punk band The Boys and for his solo work with Duncan Reid and the Big Heads.
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B.
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
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C.
Duncan Henderson
Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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D.
Neil Ritchie
Neil Ritchie was a British Army general best known for commanding the Eighth Army in North Africa during the Second World War.
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E.
Ian Pringle
Ian Pringle is a film producer best known for his work on the influential Australian drama "Romper Stomper."
- 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: James Eric Drummond Target entity description: James Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, serving from 1920 to 1933.
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A.
Duncan Reid
Duncan Reid is a musician best known as the former bassist and vocalist for the UK punk band The Boys and for his solo work with Duncan Reid and the Big Heads.
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B.
Graeme Ferguson
Graeme Ferguson was a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of the IMAX large-format cinema technology.
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C.
Duncan Henderson
Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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D.
Neil Ritchie
Neil Ritchie was a British Army general best known for commanding the Eighth Army in North Africa during the Second World War.
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E.
Ian Pringle
Ian Pringle is a film producer best known for his work on the influential Australian drama "Romper Stomper."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| affiliation | League of Nations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| employer | League of Nations ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| familyName | Drummond ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ |
| genre | international organization administration ⓘ |
| givenName |
Eric
ⓘ
James ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
noble title
ⓘ
peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasRole | international civil servant ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British diplomatic service ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations
ⓘ
leadership of the League of Nations during the interwar period ⓘ shaping early practices of international civil service ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the League of Nations Secretariat ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Secretary-General of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| startTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Geneva
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Eric Drummond Description of subject: James Eric Drummond was a British diplomat best known as the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, serving from 1920 to 1933.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.