Phillip Cosby
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Phillip Cosby was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of admiral and served in several major naval conflicts of his era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phillip Cosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19879626 — 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: Phillip Cosby Context triple: [Cosby, hasNotableBearer, Phillip Cosby]
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A.
John Cosby
John Cosby is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Cosby, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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B.
Andrew Cosby
Andrew Cosby is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer best known for co-creating the science fiction television series "Eureka."
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C.
Lynton Crosby
Lynton Crosby is an Australian political strategist and campaign manager known for running successful conservative election campaigns in the United Kingdom and other countries.
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D.
John Hemphill
John Hemphill was a prominent 19th-century Texas jurist and politician who served as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
John Hemphill
John Hemphill is an American stage actor known for performing in the U.S. national tour of the musical "The Book of Mormon," where he portrayed the character Larry Murphy.
- 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: Phillip Cosby Target entity description: Phillip Cosby was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of admiral and served in several major naval conflicts of his era.
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A.
John Cosby
John Cosby is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Cosby, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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B.
Andrew Cosby
Andrew Cosby is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer best known for co-creating the science fiction television series "Eureka."
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C.
Lynton Crosby
Lynton Crosby is an Australian political strategist and campaign manager known for running successful conservative election campaigns in the United Kingdom and other countries.
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D.
John Hemphill
John Hemphill was a prominent 19th-century Texas jurist and politician who served as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
John Hemphill
John Hemphill is an American stage actor known for performing in the U.S. national tour of the musical "The Book of Mormon," where he portrayed the character Larry Murphy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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