Major Amberson
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Major Amberson is the wealthy, old-fashioned patriarch of the Amberson family in Booth Tarkington’s novel "The Magnificent Ambersons."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major Amberson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22981140 — 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: Major Amberson Context triple: [Fanny Minafer, relative, Major Amberson]
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A.
Ellsworth Toohey
Ellsworth Toohey is the manipulative, collectivist newspaper critic and main antagonist in Ayn Rand’s novel and its 1949 film adaptation, The Fountainhead.
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B.
Joe DuBois
Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
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C.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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D.
Herman McDodd
Herman McDodd is one of the many children in the McDodd family from Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who!", living in Whoville as the son of Mayor Ned McDodd.
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E.
DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Jennings was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his numerous supporting roles in silent and early sound films.
- 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: Major Amberson Target entity description: Major Amberson is the wealthy, old-fashioned patriarch of the Amberson family in Booth Tarkington’s novel "The Magnificent Ambersons."
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A.
Ellsworth Toohey
Ellsworth Toohey is the manipulative, collectivist newspaper critic and main antagonist in Ayn Rand’s novel and its 1949 film adaptation, The Fountainhead.
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B.
Joe DuBois
Joe DuBois is a central character in the supernatural drama series "Medium," portrayed as Allison DuBois's supportive and pragmatic husband who balances family life with her psychic crime-solving work.
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C.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
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D.
Herman McDodd
Herman McDodd is one of the many children in the McDodd family from Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who!", living in Whoville as the son of Mayor Ned McDodd.
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E.
DeWitt Jennings
DeWitt Jennings was an American character actor of the early 20th century known for his numerous supporting roles in silent and early sound films.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.