Richard Bloch
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Richard Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Bloch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20266010 — 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: Richard Bloch Context triple: [Henry W. Bloch, sibling, Richard Bloch]
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A.
Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch was an American writer best known for his horror and suspense fiction, particularly the novel that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho."
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B.
Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich was an American crime and suspense writer, often called the "father of noir fiction," whose dark, psychologically driven stories inspired numerous classic films.
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C.
James M. Cain
James M. Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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D.
Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak was a German-American novelist and screenwriter best known for his influential work in horror and science fiction films, including classic Universal monster movies.
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E.
Henry Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene was a prominent 20th-century English novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for his psychologically complex thrillers and explorations of moral and political ambiguity.
- 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: Richard Bloch Target entity description: Richard Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
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A.
Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch was an American writer best known for his horror and suspense fiction, particularly the novel that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Psycho."
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B.
Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich was an American crime and suspense writer, often called the "father of noir fiction," whose dark, psychologically driven stories inspired numerous classic films.
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C.
James M. Cain
James M. Cain was an American novelist and journalist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction, including classics like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Double Indemnity."
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D.
Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak was a German-American novelist and screenwriter best known for his influential work in horror and science fiction films, including classic Universal monster movies.
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E.
Henry Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene was a prominent 20th-century English novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for his psychologically complex thrillers and explorations of moral and political ambiguity.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.