Glen Dawson
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Glen Dawson was an American mountaineer and rock climber known for pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada during the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen Dawson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8147140 — 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: Glen Dawson Context triple: [Thunderbolt Peak, firstAscentBy, Glen Dawson]
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A.
Gordon Dawson
Gordon Dawson is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his collaborations with director Sam Peckinpah on films such as "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia."
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B.
Glen Schofield
Glen Schofield is a video game developer and executive best known as the co-creator of the Dead Space series and a leader on major AAA action titles.
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C.
Glen Robertson
Glen Robertson is a small rural community in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated within the Township of South Glengarry near the Quebec border.
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D.
Glen Taylor
Glen Taylor is an American billionaire businessman and politician best known as the longtime owner of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.
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E.
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson is a British hillwalker and author best known for his influential guidebook cataloguing the country’s prominent hills, which helped popularize the concept of relative hill prominence in the UK.
- 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: Glen Dawson Target entity description: Glen Dawson was an American mountaineer and rock climber known for pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada during the early 20th century.
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A.
Gordon Dawson
Gordon Dawson is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his collaborations with director Sam Peckinpah on films such as "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia."
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B.
Glen Schofield
Glen Schofield is a video game developer and executive best known as the co-creator of the Dead Space series and a leader on major AAA action titles.
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C.
Glen Robertson
Glen Robertson is a small rural community in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated within the Township of South Glengarry near the Quebec border.
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D.
Glen Taylor
Glen Taylor is an American billionaire businessman and politician best known as the longtime owner of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.
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E.
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson is an American jazz drummer and influential educator renowned for his work with artists like Dave Brubeck and for shaping modern drum pedagogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antiquarian bookseller
ⓘ
human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ publisher ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| activeIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-06-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-22 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Dawson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
antiquarian bookselling
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ publishing ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ |
| givenName | Glen ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1912–2016 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sierra Club ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | early technical rock climbs in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| notableWork | pioneering first ascents in the High Sierra ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
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mountaineer ⓘ publisher ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| participantIn | early 20th-century American mountaineering ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pasadena, California
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linked to:
Pasadena
|
| placeOfDeath |
Pasadena, California
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linked to:
Pasadena
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| positionHeld | Sierra Club director ⓘ |
| residence |
Pasadena, California
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linked to:
Pasadena
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glen Dawson Description of subject: Glen Dawson was an American mountaineer and rock climber known for pioneering ascents in the Sierra Nevada during the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.