Webster
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Webster is an American sitcom from the 1980s about a young orphaned boy adopted by a former football player and his wife, known for its family-friendly themes and the performance of Emmanuel Lewis in the title role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Webster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20468607 — 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: Webster Context triple: [Ben Vereen, notableWork, Webster]
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Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of W. T. Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and a key figure in early 20th-century Irish politics.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, a prominent New Zealand jurist who served as Chief Justice.
- 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: Webster Target entity description: Webster is an American sitcom from the 1980s about a young orphaned boy adopted by a former football player and his wife, known for its family-friendly themes and the performance of Emmanuel Lewis in the title role.
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A.
Webster
Webster is a common English surname most famously associated with American lexicographer Noah Webster, whose name is linked to influential early American dictionaries.
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B.
Webster
Webster is a city in the Houston metropolitan area of Texas, known for its proximity to Clear Lake and the NASA Johnson Space Center.
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C.
Webster
Webster is the middle name of Daniel Webster Flagler, an American military officer whose name reflects the legacy of the prominent statesman Daniel Webster.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.