James Leslie Starkey
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James Leslie Starkey was a British archaeologist best known for directing major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Leslie Starkey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9662650 — 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 Leslie Starkey Context triple: [Lachish, excavatedBy, James Leslie Starkey]
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A.
Steve Starkey
Steve Starkey is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on major Hollywood films.
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B.
Harry Lewis
Harry Lewis is an American computer scientist and longtime Harvard University professor known for his work in theoretical computer science and contributions to computer science education.
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C.
Harry Lewis
Harry Lewis was the husband of renowned British singer Dame Vera Lynn, known primarily for his long marriage to the "Forces' Sweetheart."
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D.
Andrew James Matfin Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell is an English actor and dancer best known for his breakthrough role in the film "Billy Elliot" and subsequent work in both independent and mainstream cinema.
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E.
Herbie Hawkins
Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
- 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 Leslie Starkey Target entity description: James Leslie Starkey was a British archaeologist best known for directing major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s.
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A.
Steve Starkey
Steve Starkey is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on major Hollywood films.
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B.
Harry Lewis
Harry Lewis is an American computer scientist and longtime Harvard University professor known for his work in theoretical computer science and contributions to computer science education.
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C.
Harry Lewis
Harry Lewis was the husband of renowned British singer Dame Vera Lynn, known primarily for his long marriage to the "Forces' Sweetheart."
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D.
Andrew James Matfin Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell is an English actor and dancer best known for his breakthrough role in the film "Billy Elliot" and subsequent work in both independent and mainstream cinema.
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E.
Herbie Hawkins
Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeologist
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human ⓘ |
| archaeologicalMethod | large-scale stratigraphic excavation at Lachish ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Lachish ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Charles Warren
NERFINISHED
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John Garstang NERFINISHED ⓘ Olga Tufnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of the history of Judah through Lachish finds ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | killed on the road to Hebron while en route to the opening of the Palestine Archaeological Museum ⓘ |
| discovered | Lachish ostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Wellcome Archaeological Research Expedition to the Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Near Eastern archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| knownFor | directing excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy | Lachish excavation records and finds form a key corpus for Levantine archaeology ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Olga Tufnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Leslie Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | led major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in the 1930s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lachish excavations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Hebron ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Lachish
NERFINISHED
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of excavations at Lachish ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Southern Levant
NERFINISHED
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ancient Judah ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Iron Age city of Lachish
NERFINISHED
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biblical-period archaeology ⓘ |
| studied |
destruction levels at Lachish
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fortifications of Lachish ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity | 1930s ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lachish
NERFINISHED
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Leslie Starkey Description of subject: James Leslie Starkey was a British archaeologist best known for directing major excavations at the ancient city of Lachish in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.