Linda McDougal
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Linda McDougal is an American woman known for being at the center of a high-profile medical malpractice case involving an unnecessary double mastectomy due to a biopsy mix-up.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Linda McDougal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18249741 — 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: Linda McDougal Context triple: [McDougal, hasNotableBearer, Linda McDougal]
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A.
Linda Jones
Linda Jones is the daughter of legendary American animator and director Chuck Jones, known for helping preserve and promote his artistic legacy.
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B.
Melinda Welles
Melinda Welles is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," appearing as the elegant 18th-century past-life persona of the modern heroine.
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C.
Linda Stokes
Linda Stokes is an American costume designer best known for her long-term marriage to actor James Caan.
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D.
Vicki Marshall
Vicki Marshall is the mother of American actress and former Scientologist Leah Remini.
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E.
Linda East
Linda East is known as the spouse of American actor Ralph Waite, who gained fame for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
- 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: Linda McDougal Target entity description: Linda McDougal is an American woman known for being at the center of a high-profile medical malpractice case involving an unnecessary double mastectomy due to a biopsy mix-up.
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A.
Linda Jones
Linda Jones is the daughter of legendary American animator and director Chuck Jones, known for helping preserve and promote his artistic legacy.
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B.
Melinda Welles
Melinda Welles is a central character in the musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," appearing as the elegant 18th-century past-life persona of the modern heroine.
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C.
Linda Stokes
Linda Stokes is an American costume designer best known for her long-term marriage to actor James Caan.
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D.
Vicki Marshall
Vicki Marshall is the mother of American actress and former Scientologist Leah Remini.
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E.
Linda East
Linda East is known as the spouse of American actor Ralph Waite, who gained fame for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.