McCarey
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McCarey is a surname most notably associated with American film director Leo McCarey, known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| McCarey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17349990 — 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: McCarey Context triple: [Leo McCarey, familyName, McCarey]
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A.
McCrea
McCrea is a small community located within the rural township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Lasky
Lasky is a surname most notably associated with Jesse L. Lasky, a pioneering American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures.
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C.
Selig
Selig is a surname most prominently associated with Allan H. "Bud" Selig, the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
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D.
Modjeski
Modjeski is the surname of Ralph Modjeski, a prominent Polish-American civil engineer renowned for designing major bridges in the United States.
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E.
Guillermin
Guillermin is a French-origin surname most notably associated with British film director John Guillermin, known for works such as "The Towering Inferno" and the 1976 remake of "King Kong."
- 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: McCarey Target entity description: McCarey is a surname most notably associated with American film director Leo McCarey, known for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema.
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A.
McCrea
McCrea is a small community located within the rural township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Lasky
Lasky is a surname most notably associated with Jesse L. Lasky, a pioneering American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures.
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C.
Selig
Selig is a surname most prominently associated with Allan H. "Bud" Selig, the former Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
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D.
Modjeski
Modjeski is the surname of Ralph Modjeski, a prominent Polish-American civil engineer renowned for designing major bridges in the United States.
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E.
Guillermin
Guillermin is a French-origin surname most notably associated with British film director John Guillermin, known for works such as "The Towering Inferno" and the 1976 remake of "King Kong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.