Robert Swartwout
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Robert Swartwout was an American military officer and businessman active in the early 19th century, known for his service in the War of 1812 and involvement in New York civic affairs.
All labels observed (1)
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| Robert Swartwout canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18285990 — 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 Swartwout Context triple: [Samuel Swartwout, hasRelative, Robert Swartwout]
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A.
Samuel Swartwout
Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.
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B.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced institutional and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
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C.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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D.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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E.
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
- 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 Swartwout Target entity description: Robert Swartwout was an American military officer and businessman active in the early 19th century, known for his service in the War of 1812 and involvement in New York civic affairs.
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A.
Samuel Swartwout
Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.
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B.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced institutional and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
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C.
Willem Kieft
Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
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D.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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E.
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
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