W. W. Smith
E1346735
UNEXPLORED
W. W. Smith was a botanist known for formally describing plant species such as Debregeasia squamata.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| W. W. Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18876186 — 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: W. W. Smith Context triple: [Debregeasia squamata, firstDescribedBy, W. W. Smith]
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A.
P. F. Collier & Son
P. F. Collier & Son was an American publishing company best known for producing popular periodicals and book series in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
A. C. Barnes Company
A. C. Barnes Company was the pharmaceutical business founded and run by chemist and art collector Albert C. Barnes, whose fortune from the firm funded the renowned Barnes Foundation art collection.
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C.
William Morrow
William Morrow was an American publisher who founded the notable New York-based publishing house William Morrow and Company in the early 20th century.
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D.
Thomas Y. Crowell
Thomas Y. Crowell was an American book publisher known for founding the Thomas Y. Crowell Co., a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century publishing house.
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E.
E. P. Dutton
E. P. Dutton is a long-established American publishing house known for releasing notable works of fiction and nonfiction throughout the 20th century.
- 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: W. W. Smith Target entity description: W. W. Smith was a botanist known for formally describing plant species such as Debregeasia squamata.
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A.
P. F. Collier & Son
P. F. Collier & Son was an American publishing company best known for producing popular periodicals and book series in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
A. C. Barnes Company
A. C. Barnes Company was the pharmaceutical business founded and run by chemist and art collector Albert C. Barnes, whose fortune from the firm funded the renowned Barnes Foundation art collection.
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C.
William Morrow
William Morrow was an American publisher who founded the notable New York-based publishing house William Morrow and Company in the early 20th century.
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D.
Thomas Y. Crowell
Thomas Y. Crowell was an American book publisher known for founding the Thomas Y. Crowell Co., a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century publishing house.
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E.
E. P. Dutton
E. P. Dutton is a long-established American publishing house known for releasing notable works of fiction and nonfiction throughout the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.