Robert Thomas
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Robert Thomas is the protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction short story “The Million-Year Picnic,” a father who leads his family to Mars to escape a troubled Earth and begin a new life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19695094 — 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 Thomas Context triple: [The Million-Year Picnic, mainCharacter, Robert Thomas]
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A.
Robert Paul Thomas
Robert Paul Thomas was an economic historian known for his influential collaborative work with Douglass C. North on the economic history of Western Europe and institutional change.
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B.
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas is a fictional Gryffindor student and member of Dumbledore's Army in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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C.
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas is an artist best known for designing the Grateful Dead’s iconic “dancing bears” imagery.
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D.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
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E.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
- 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 Thomas Target entity description: Robert Thomas is the protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction short story “The Million-Year Picnic,” a father who leads his family to Mars to escape a troubled Earth and begin a new life.
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A.
Robert Paul Thomas
Robert Paul Thomas was an economic historian known for his influential collaborative work with Douglass C. North on the economic history of Western Europe and institutional change.
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B.
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas is a fictional Gryffindor student and member of Dumbledore's Army in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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C.
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas is an artist best known for designing the Grateful Dead’s iconic “dancing bears” imagery.
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D.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
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E.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.