Joseph McDermott
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Joseph McDermott was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his roles in D. W. Griffith-directed productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph McDermott canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20296534 — 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: Joseph McDermott Context triple: [The Girl and Her Trust, starring, Joseph McDermott]
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A.
John MacDermott
John MacDermott is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname MacDermott.
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B.
Stephen McDermott
Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
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C.
Edward McDermott
Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
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D.
Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
- 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: Joseph McDermott Target entity description: Joseph McDermott was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his roles in D. W. Griffith-directed productions.
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A.
John MacDermott
John MacDermott is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname MacDermott.
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B.
Stephen McDermott
Stephen McDermott is an Irish Gaelic footballer known for playing at inter-county level for Donegal.
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C.
Edward McDermott
Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
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D.
Hugh McDermott
Hugh McDermott was a Scottish actor known for his supporting roles in British films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.