Leslie Alcock
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Leslie Alcock was a prominent British archaeologist best known for his influential excavations at sites such as Cadbury Castle and his work on early medieval Britain and Arthurian archaeology.
All labels observed (1)
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| Leslie Alcock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10678334 — 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: Leslie Alcock Context triple: [Alcock, hasNotableBearer, Leslie Alcock]
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A.
Leslie Ames
Leslie Ames was a renowned English cricketer and wicket-keeper-batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the sport.
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B.
T. Leslie Gillett
T. Leslie Gillett was a screenwriter known for his work on the classic 1964 British war film "Zulu."
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C.
D. W. Brosnan
D. W. Brosnan was a prominent American railroad executive best known for leading and modernizing the Southern Railway in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Terence Marsh
Terence Marsh was a British production designer and art director renowned for his work on major films from the 1960s through the 1990s, earning multiple Academy Awards for his contributions.
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E.
Leslie Hayman
Leslie Hayman is an actress best known for her role as one of the Lisbon sisters in Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides."
- 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: Leslie Alcock Target entity description: Leslie Alcock was a prominent British archaeologist best known for his influential excavations at sites such as Cadbury Castle and his work on early medieval Britain and Arthurian archaeology.
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A.
Leslie Ames
Leslie Ames was a renowned English cricketer and wicket-keeper-batsman, widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the sport.
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B.
T. Leslie Gillett
T. Leslie Gillett was a screenwriter known for his work on the classic 1964 British war film "Zulu."
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C.
D. W. Brosnan
D. W. Brosnan was a prominent American railroad executive best known for leading and modernizing the Southern Railway in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Terence Marsh
Terence Marsh was a British production designer and art director renowned for his work on major films from the 1960s through the 1990s, earning multiple Academy Awards for his contributions.
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E.
Leslie Hayman
Leslie Hayman is an actress best known for her role as one of the Lisbon sisters in Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeologist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-04-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-06-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bangor University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University College London ⓘ |
| employer | University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Alcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Arthurian archaeology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British archaeology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ early medieval archaeology ⓘ |
| givenName | Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
archaeology of Britain
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history ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of the historical Arthur
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study of early medieval Britain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
excavations at Cadbury Castle
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research on early medieval Britain ⓘ work on Arthurian sites ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Society of Antiquaries of London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Leslie Alcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableStudent | archaeologists specializing in early medieval Britain ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arthur’s Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
By South Cadbury is that Camelot ⓘ Excavations at Cadbury Castle, Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain AD 550–850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| researched |
Cadbury Castle
NERFINISHED
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Dinas Powys hillfort NERFINISHED ⓘ early medieval sites in Wales ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Dark Age Britain
NERFINISHED
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hillforts in Britain ⓘ post-Roman Britain ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Leslie Alcock Description of subject: Leslie Alcock was a prominent British archaeologist best known for his influential excavations at sites such as Cadbury Castle and his work on early medieval Britain and Arthurian archaeology.
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