Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr.
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Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a United States Navy officer and early Civil War ironclad commander who later rose to the rank of rear admiral.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23280612 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. Context triple: [USS Cairo, commandingOfficer, Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr.]
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A.
George McReynolds
George McReynolds is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the McReynolds surname.
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B.
James McCudden
James McCudden was a highly decorated British First World War flying ace renowned for his exceptional combat record and tactical skill in the air.
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C.
Orville Wingait
Orville Wingait is a comedic, hapless protagonist portrayed by Eddie Bracken in mid-20th-century American film.
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D.
Orville Adalbert Derby
Orville Adalbert Derby was an American geologist and naturalist renowned for his pioneering geological surveys and scientific work in Brazil during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Raoul Lufbery
Raoul Lufbery was a famed French-American World War I flying ace and member of the Lafayette Escadrille, credited with numerous aerial victories and celebrated as one of the era’s pioneering combat pilots.
- 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: Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. Target entity description: Lieutenant Commander Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a United States Navy officer and early Civil War ironclad commander who later rose to the rank of rear admiral.
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A.
George McReynolds
George McReynolds is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the McReynolds surname.
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B.
James McCudden
James McCudden was a highly decorated British First World War flying ace renowned for his exceptional combat record and tactical skill in the air.
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C.
Orville Wingait
Orville Wingait is a comedic, hapless protagonist portrayed by Eddie Bracken in mid-20th-century American film.
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D.
Orville Adalbert Derby
Orville Adalbert Derby was an American geologist and naturalist renowned for his pioneering geological surveys and scientific work in Brazil during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Raoul Lufbery
Raoul Lufbery was a famed French-American World War I flying ace and member of the Lafayette Escadrille, credited with numerous aerial victories and celebrated as one of the era’s pioneering combat pilots.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.