Robert Crosbie
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Robert Crosbie is a fictional plantation owner in W. Somerset Maugham’s play and its film adaptations "The Letter," serving as the husband of the central character Leslie Crosbie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Crosbie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21510977 — 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: Robert Crosbie Context triple: [Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie, spouseInStory, Robert Crosbie]
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A.
Robert Crosbie
Robert Crosbie was an early 20th-century theosophist best known for promoting the original teachings of H. P. Blavatsky and W. Q. Judge and for establishing an independent, non-sectarian theosophical movement.
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B.
Fred Tennant
Fred Tennant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tennant.
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C.
Ian MacNeil
Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
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D.
John Duncan
John Duncan was a prominent Scottish painter whose symbolist and mythological works made him a leading artistic figure in the Celtic Revival movement.
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E.
John Duncan
John Duncan is a British diplomat who has served in senior roles including as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
- 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: Robert Crosbie Target entity description: Robert Crosbie is a fictional plantation owner in W. Somerset Maugham’s play and its film adaptations "The Letter," serving as the husband of the central character Leslie Crosbie.
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A.
Robert Crosbie
Robert Crosbie was an early 20th-century theosophist best known for promoting the original teachings of H. P. Blavatsky and W. Q. Judge and for establishing an independent, non-sectarian theosophical movement.
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B.
Fred Tennant
Fred Tennant is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tennant.
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C.
Ian MacNeil
Ian MacNeil is the son of Canadian-American journalist and former PBS NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil.
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D.
John Duncan
John Duncan is a British diplomat who has served in senior roles including as Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory.
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E.
John Duncan
John Duncan was a prominent Scottish painter whose symbolist and mythological works made him a leading artistic figure in the Celtic Revival movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.