Vyner Brooke
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Vyner Brooke was the third and last White Rajah of Sarawak, ruling the kingdom until its cession to Britain after World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vyner Brooke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6890561 — 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: Vyner Brooke Context triple: [James Brooke, relative, Vyner Brooke]
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A.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
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B.
Percy Wyndham Lewis
Percy Wyndham Lewis was a British painter and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement, known for his bold, angular style and influential modernist works.
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C.
Philip Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize–winning disarmament advocate who held several senior government posts in the mid-20th century.
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D.
James Montague
James Montague was an English bishop and royal chaplain under James I, known for his role in early 17th-century religious politics and support of the king’s ecclesiastical policies.
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E.
Talbot Rothwell
Talbot Rothwell was a British screenwriter best known for writing many of the popular "Carry On" comedy films in the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: Vyner Brooke Target entity description: Vyner Brooke was the third and last White Rajah of Sarawak, ruling the kingdom until its cession to Britain after World War II.
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A.
Arthur Lyttelton
Arthur Lyttelton was a 19th-century English Anglican clergyman and academic who became the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
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B.
Percy Wyndham Lewis
Percy Wyndham Lewis was a British painter and writer, co-founder of the Vorticist movement, known for his bold, angular style and influential modernist works.
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C.
Philip Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize–winning disarmament advocate who held several senior government posts in the mid-20th century.
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D.
James Montague
James Montague was an English bishop and royal chaplain under James I, known for his role in early 17th-century religious politics and support of the king’s ecclesiastical policies.
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E.
Talbot Rothwell
Talbot Rothwell was a British screenwriter best known for writing many of the popular "Carry On" comedy films in the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
White Rajah of Sarawak
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Devon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Leonard’s Church, Sheepstor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Elizabeth Brooke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonora Margaret Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Valerie Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Kingdom of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1874-09-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-05-09 ⓘ |
| education |
Trinity College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| event | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Charles Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles Vyner Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Rajah of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Brooke dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Vyner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Margaret de Windt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction | ceded Sarawak to Britain ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the last White Rajah of Sarawak ⓘ |
| notableShipNamedAfter | SS Vyner Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 3 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalStatusChange | Sarawak became a British Crown Colony in 1946 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Rajah of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Charles Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForCession | post-World War II political and financial pressures ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1946-07-01 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1917-05-24 ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Astana, Kuching
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ |
| sibling |
Bertram Brooke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Keppel Brooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sylvia Brett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | British Crown Colony of Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vyner Brooke Description of subject: Vyner Brooke was the third and last White Rajah of Sarawak, ruling the kingdom until its cession to Britain after World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.