Captain William Nickels
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Captain William Nickels was a prominent early 19th-century American sea captain and merchant whose wealth from maritime trade financed the construction of the grand Federal-style Nickels–Sortwell House in Maine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain William Nickels canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19376161 — 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: Captain William Nickels Context triple: [Nickels–Sortwell House, originalOwner, Captain William Nickels]
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A.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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B.
Captain Wilton Parmenter
Captain Wilton Parmenter is the bumbling but well-meaning commanding officer at a remote frontier outpost in the 1960s TV comedy series "F Troop."
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C.
Captain James Deakins
Captain James Deakins is a senior NYPD officer who oversees the Major Case Squad on the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
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D.
Captain Jonathan Clark
Captain Jonathan Clark is a fictional sea captain and adventurer who serves as the dashing male lead in the 1952 romantic adventure film "The World in His Arms."
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E.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
- 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: Captain William Nickels Target entity description: Captain William Nickels was a prominent early 19th-century American sea captain and merchant whose wealth from maritime trade financed the construction of the grand Federal-style Nickels–Sortwell House in Maine.
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A.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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B.
Captain Wilton Parmenter
Captain Wilton Parmenter is the bumbling but well-meaning commanding officer at a remote frontier outpost in the 1960s TV comedy series "F Troop."
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C.
Captain James Deakins
Captain James Deakins is a senior NYPD officer who oversees the Major Case Squad on the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
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D.
Captain Jonathan Clark
Captain Jonathan Clark is a fictional sea captain and adventurer who serves as the dashing male lead in the 1952 romantic adventure film "The World in His Arms."
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E.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.