Alexander Wetmore
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Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist who served as the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and made major contributions to the study and classification of birds.
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| Alexander Wetmore canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22170354 — 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: Alexander Wetmore Context triple: [Wetmore, hasNotableBearer, Alexander Wetmore]
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J. Carroll Beckwith
J. Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, associated with the New York art scene and known for his refined, academic style.
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B.
William Henry Holmes
William Henry Holmes was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scientific illustrator known for his influential work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major U.S. scientific institutions.
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C.
Cornell Stokes
Cornell Stokes, also known as "Cottonmouth," is a fictional crime boss and nightclub owner in Marvel's Luke Cage series.
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D.
Charles Alvin Beckwith
Charles Alvin Beckwith was a highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces officer best known for creating and leading the elite counterterrorism unit Delta Force.
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E.
Frank Hamer
Frank Hamer was a legendary early-20th-century Texas lawman best known for leading the posse that tracked down and killed outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.
- 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: Alexander Wetmore Target entity description: Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist who served as the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and made major contributions to the study and classification of birds.
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A.
J. Carroll Beckwith
J. Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, associated with the New York art scene and known for his refined, academic style.
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B.
William Henry Holmes
William Henry Holmes was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scientific illustrator known for his influential work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major U.S. scientific institutions.
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C.
Cornell Stokes
Cornell Stokes, also known as "Cottonmouth," is a fictional crime boss and nightclub owner in Marvel's Luke Cage series.
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D.
Charles Alvin Beckwith
Charles Alvin Beckwith was a highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces officer best known for creating and leading the elite counterterrorism unit Delta Force.
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E.
Frank Hamer
Frank Hamer was a legendary early-20th-century Texas lawman best known for leading the posse that tracked down and killed outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.