Sir Walter Scott

Target entity: Sir Walter Scott
Context triple: [Fireside Poets, influencedBy, Sir Walter Scott]

• A. William Irving
  William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
• B. Robert Southey
  Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet, biographer, and historian who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1813 to 1843.
• C. Thomas Carlyle
  Thomas Carlyle was a 19th-century Scottish historian, essayist, and social critic known for his influential works on heroism, history, and the moral crises of industrial society.
• D. Robert Fergusson
  Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
• E. Thomas Campbell
  Thomas Campbell was a Presbyterian minister and early 19th-century religious reformer best known as a founding leader of the Stone–Campbell Movement, which sought to restore New Testament Christianity and promote Christian unity.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Sir Walter Scott
Target entity description: Sir Walter Scott was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish novelist and poet, best known for historical works like "Ivanhoe" and "Waverley" that helped popularize the historical novel genre.

• A. William Irving
  William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.
• B. Robert Southey
  Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet, biographer, and historian who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1813 to 1843.
• C. Thomas Carlyle
  Thomas Carlyle was a 19th-century Scottish historian, essayist, and social critic known for his influential works on heroism, history, and the moral crises of industrial society.
• D. Robert Fergusson
  Robert Fergusson was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose vivid vernacular verse and depictions of Edinburgh life strongly influenced later writers, including Robert Burns.
• E. Thomas Campbell
  Thomas Campbell was a Presbyterian minister and early 19th-century religious reformer best known as a founding leader of the Stone–Campbell Movement, which sought to restore New Testament Christianity and promote Christian unity.
• F. None of above. chosen