Buren R. Sherman
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Buren R. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Iowa in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| Buren R. Sherman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19371676 — 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: Buren R. Sherman Context triple: [William Larrabee, predecessor, Buren R. Sherman]
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A.
James S. Sherman
James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
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B.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
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C.
Harry M. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty was an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, becoming a central figure in several major political scandals of the early 1920s.
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D.
Hoyt Sherman
Hoyt Sherman was a 19th-century American businessman, civic leader, and arts patron from the prominent Sherman family, best known for his influential role in the development of Des Moines, Iowa.
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E.
George W. Steele
George W. Steele was an American politician who served as the first governor of the U.S. territory of Oklahoma and later as a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
- 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: Buren R. Sherman Target entity description: Buren R. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Iowa in the late 19th century.
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A.
James S. Sherman
James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
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B.
Moses H. Sherman
Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
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C.
Harry M. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty was an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, becoming a central figure in several major political scandals of the early 1920s.
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D.
Hoyt Sherman
Hoyt Sherman was a 19th-century American businessman, civic leader, and arts patron from the prominent Sherman family, best known for his influential role in the development of Des Moines, Iowa.
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E.
George W. Steele
George W. Steele was an American politician who served as the first governor of the U.S. territory of Oklahoma and later as a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.