Stannus
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Stannus is the family name of Dame Ninette de Valois, the influential Irish-born British dancer, choreographer, and founder of The Royal Ballet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stannus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12532936 — 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: Stannus Context triple: [Ninette de Valois, familyName, Stannus]
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A.
Samnium
Samnium was an ancient region of south-central Italy inhabited by the Samnites, an Oscan-speaking Italic people known for their wars with the Roman Republic.
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B.
Regulbium
Regulbium was the Roman-era coastal fort and settlement that later became known as Reculver in Kent, England.
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C.
Phosphoros
Phosphoros is an epithet meaning “light-bringer,” associated with Hecate in her aspect as a luminous, guiding deity linked to the appearance of the morning star.
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D.
Novaesium
Novaesium is the ancient Roman name for the settlement that developed into the modern German city of Neuss, an important military and trading post along the Rhine.
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E.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
- 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: Stannus Target entity description: Stannus is the family name of Dame Ninette de Valois, the influential Irish-born British dancer, choreographer, and founder of The Royal Ballet.
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A.
Samnium
Samnium was an ancient region of south-central Italy inhabited by the Samnites, an Oscan-speaking Italic people known for their wars with the Roman Republic.
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B.
Regulbium
Regulbium was the Roman-era coastal fort and settlement that later became known as Reculver in Kent, England.
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C.
Phosphoros
Phosphoros is an epithet meaning “light-bringer,” associated with Hecate in her aspect as a luminous, guiding deity linked to the appearance of the morning star.
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D.
Novaesium
Novaesium is the ancient Roman name for the settlement that developed into the modern German city of Neuss, an important military and trading post along the Rhine.
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E.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.