Andrew Scott Waugh
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Andrew Scott Waugh was a 19th-century British surveyor and geographer best known for succeeding George Everest as Surveyor General of India and for naming Mount Everest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andrew Scott Waugh canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2816620 — 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: Andrew Scott Waugh Context triple: [Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, chiefSurveyor, Andrew Scott Waugh]
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A.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
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B.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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C.
Arthur Chatto
Arthur Chatto is a British personal trainer and former Royal Marine reservist who is the grandson of Princess Margaret and a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
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D.
John Clive
John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
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E.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
- 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: Andrew Scott Waugh Target entity description: Andrew Scott Waugh was a 19th-century British surveyor and geographer best known for succeeding George Everest as Surveyor General of India and for naming Mount Everest.
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A.
Rupert Baxter
Rupert Baxter is a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories, known as the hyper-efficient, suspicious former secretary whose attempts to impose order often lead to comic chaos.
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B.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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C.
Arthur Chatto
Arthur Chatto is a British personal trainer and former Royal Marine reservist who is the grandson of Princess Margaret and a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
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D.
John Clive
John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
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E.
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs was a British film director and screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies, including several films starring Norman Wisdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British surveyor
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Surveyor General of India ⓘ geographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| basedIn | India ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | Survey of India ⓘ |
| familyName | Waugh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ |
| follows | George Everest ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| knownFor | leadership of the Survey of India ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Andrew Scott Waugh self-link ⓘ |
| named | Mount Everest ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | determining height of the world’s highest peak ⓘ |
| notableFor | naming Mount Everest ⓘ |
| notableWork | Great Trigonometrical Survey of India ⓘ |
| occupation |
geographer
ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Surveyor General of India ⓘ |
| statedPreferenceForName | Mount Everest ⓘ |
| workLocation |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andrew Scott Waugh Description of subject: Andrew Scott Waugh was a 19th-century British surveyor and geographer best known for succeeding George Everest as Surveyor General of India and for naming Mount Everest.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.