Clayton Peterson
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Clayton Peterson is the son of novelist Michael Peterson, whose family became widely known through the true-crime documentary series "The Staircase" about his mother's death and his father's subsequent murder trial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clayton Peterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22840659 — 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: Clayton Peterson Context triple: [The Staircase, portrays, Clayton Peterson]
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A.
Jesse West
Jesse West is an American hip-hop producer and rapper known for his work in the 1990s East Coast rap scene, including collaborations with prominent artists and contributions to early Bad Boy Records projects.
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
Wuornos
Wuornos is the surname of Aileen Wuornos, an American serial killer whose crimes in Florida in the late 1980s and early 1990s received widespread media attention.
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D.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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E.
Walter H. Paddock
Walter H. Paddock was a cinematographer known for his work on the acclaimed nature documentary film "The Vanishing Prairie."
- 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: Clayton Peterson Target entity description: Clayton Peterson is the son of novelist Michael Peterson, whose family became widely known through the true-crime documentary series "The Staircase" about his mother's death and his father's subsequent murder trial.
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A.
Jesse West
Jesse West is an American hip-hop producer and rapper known for his work in the 1990s East Coast rap scene, including collaborations with prominent artists and contributions to early Bad Boy Records projects.
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
Wuornos
Wuornos is the surname of Aileen Wuornos, an American serial killer whose crimes in Florida in the late 1980s and early 1990s received widespread media attention.
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D.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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E.
Walter H. Paddock
Walter H. Paddock was a cinematographer known for his work on the acclaimed nature documentary film "The Vanishing Prairie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.