William Fifield
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William Fifield was an American writer and journalist best known for his novels, interviews, and literary profiles of prominent cultural figures in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Fifield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20736796 — 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: William Fifield Context triple: [Mercedes McCambridge, spouse, William Fifield]
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A.
Gene Milford
Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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B.
Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
John Hailey
John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
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D.
Matthew Holworthy
Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing the Holworthy Professorship of English Law at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
Joseph Finegan
Joseph Finegan was a Confederate general best known for leading Southern forces to victory at the Battle of Olustee in Florida during the American Civil War.
- 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: William Fifield Target entity description: William Fifield was an American writer and journalist best known for his novels, interviews, and literary profiles of prominent cultural figures in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Gene Milford
Gene Milford was an American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
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B.
Jack B. Sowards
Jack B. Sowards was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
John Hailey
John Hailey was a 19th-century Idaho pioneer, businessman, and politician whose contributions to the region’s early development led to the city of Hailey, Idaho being named in his honor.
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D.
Matthew Holworthy
Matthew Holworthy was a 17th-century English merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing the Holworthy Professorship of English Law at the University of Cambridge.
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E.
Joseph Finegan
Joseph Finegan was a Confederate general best known for leading Southern forces to victory at the Battle of Olustee in Florida during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.