Dame Janet Smith
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Dame Janet Smith is a retired English Court of Appeal judge best known for leading the public inquiry into the crimes of serial killer Dr Harold Shipman.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12358092 — 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: Dame Janet Smith Context triple: [Shipman Inquiry, chairperson, Dame Janet Smith]
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Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, better known as Peggy Ashcroft, was a distinguished English stage and film actress renowned for her Shakespearean performances and her Academy Award-winning role in "A Passage to India."
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Martha Lane Fox
Martha Lane Fox is a British entrepreneur, co-founder of Lastminute.com, and crossbench peer known for her leadership in digital inclusion and technology policy.
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C.
Dame Janet Thornton
Dame Janet Thornton is a British biochemist and pioneering computational biologist renowned for her influential work on protein structure and bioinformatics, including leadership roles at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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Dame Caroline Dean
Dame Caroline Dean is a British plant biologist renowned for her pioneering research on the genetic and molecular mechanisms controlling flowering time and plant development.
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E.
Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell was a British Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and played a key role in bringing the 2012 Olympic Games to London.
- 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: Dame Janet Smith Target entity description: Dame Janet Smith is a retired English Court of Appeal judge best known for leading the public inquiry into the crimes of serial killer Dr Harold Shipman.
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A.
Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, better known as Peggy Ashcroft, was a distinguished English stage and film actress renowned for her Shakespearean performances and her Academy Award-winning role in "A Passage to India."
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B.
Martha Lane Fox
Martha Lane Fox is a British entrepreneur, co-founder of Lastminute.com, and crossbench peer known for her leadership in digital inclusion and technology policy.
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C.
Dame Janet Thornton
Dame Janet Thornton is a British biochemist and pioneering computational biologist renowned for her influential work on protein structure and bioinformatics, including leadership roles at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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D.
Dame Caroline Dean
Dame Caroline Dean is a British plant biologist renowned for her pioneering research on the genetic and molecular mechanisms controlling flowering time and plant development.
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E.
Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell was a British Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and played a key role in bringing the 2012 Olympic Games to London.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.