Robert MacDermid
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Robert MacDermid is a Canadian political scientist known for his research on elections, political finance, and democratic reform.
All labels observed (1)
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| Robert MacDermid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17334838 — 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: Robert MacDermid Context triple: [MacDermid, hasNotableBearer, Robert MacDermid]
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A.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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C.
Robert McCallister
Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
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D.
David MacQueen
David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
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E.
Richard McKenna
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
- 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: Robert MacDermid Target entity description: Robert MacDermid is a Canadian political scientist known for his research on elections, political finance, and democratic reform.
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A.
Richard McGinn
Richard McGinn is an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies during the late 1990s.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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C.
Robert McCallister
Robert McCallister is a fictional U.S. senator and presidential hopeful on the television drama "Brothers & Sisters," known for his complex political career and relationship with Kitty Walker.
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D.
David MacQueen
David MacQueen is a computer scientist known for his influential work on the design and formal definition of the Standard ML programming language.
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E.
Richard McKenna
Richard McKenna was an American author and former U.S. Navy sailor best known for his novel "The Sand Pebbles," which drew on his naval experiences in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
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