Delos Thurber
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Delos Thurber was an American high jumper best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Delos Thurber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20920972 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Delos Thurber Context triple: [men's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics, bronzeMedalist, Delos Thurber]
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A.
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rawson Marshall Thurber is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing mainstream comedies and action films such as "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," "Central Intelligence," and "Red Notice."
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B.
James Thurber
James Thurber was an American humorist, cartoonist, and author renowned for his witty short stories and cartoons, many of which were published in The New Yorker.
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C.
S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, surreal wit and his work on Marx Brothers films and sophisticated comic essays.
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D.
Walter R. Brooks
Walter R. Brooks was an American author best known for creating the talking horse character Mister Ed and for his humorous children's stories.
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E.
Ormond Wilson
Ormond Wilson was a New Zealand politician, writer, and farmer known for his service as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and his contributions to New Zealand’s cultural and political life in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Delos Thurber Target entity description: Delos Thurber was an American high jumper best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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A.
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rawson Marshall Thurber is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing mainstream comedies and action films such as "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," "Central Intelligence," and "Red Notice."
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B.
James Thurber
James Thurber was an American humorist, cartoonist, and author renowned for his witty short stories and cartoons, many of which were published in The New Yorker.
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C.
S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter renowned for his sharp, surreal wit and his work on Marx Brothers films and sophisticated comic essays.
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D.
Walter R. Brooks
Walter R. Brooks was an American author best known for creating the talking horse character Mister Ed and for his humorous children's stories.
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E.
Ormond Wilson
Ormond Wilson was a New Zealand politician, writer, and farmer known for his service as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and his contributions to New Zealand’s cultural and political life in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.