Ed McCurdy
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Ed McCurdy was an American folk singer and songwriter best known for his influential anti-war song "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" and his contributions to the mid-20th-century folk revival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ed McCurdy canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21361466 — 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: Ed McCurdy Context triple: [Tradition Records, notableArtist, Ed McCurdy]
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A.
Ryan Dunn
Ryan Dunn was an American stunt performer, television personality, and actor best known for his outrageous and often dangerous pranks on the MTV series "Jackass" and its related films.
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B.
Carl McDowell
Carl McDowell is an American actor best known for his comedic supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the series "Ballers."
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C.
Matt Garetty
Matt Garetty is the telekinetic teenage protagonist of the 2012 found-footage science fiction film "Chronicle," whose growing powers lead him down a dark and destructive path.
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D.
Matt Curtis
Matt Curtis is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Amy."
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E.
Tony McGuinness
Tony McGuinness is a British musician, DJ, and producer best known as one-third of the trance and progressive group Above & Beyond.
- 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: Ed McCurdy Target entity description: Ed McCurdy was an American folk singer and songwriter best known for his influential anti-war song "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" and his contributions to the mid-20th-century folk revival.
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A.
Ryan Dunn
Ryan Dunn was an American stunt performer, television personality, and actor best known for his outrageous and often dangerous pranks on the MTV series "Jackass" and its related films.
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B.
Carl McDowell
Carl McDowell is an American actor best known for his comedic supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the series "Ballers."
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C.
Matt Garetty
Matt Garetty is the telekinetic teenage protagonist of the 2012 found-footage science fiction film "Chronicle," whose growing powers lead him down a dark and destructive path.
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D.
Matt Curtis
Matt Curtis is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Amy."
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E.
Tony McGuinness
Tony McGuinness is a British musician, DJ, and producer best known as one-third of the trance and progressive group Above & Beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.