Sidney Earle Smith
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Sidney Earle Smith was a Canadian academic and politician who served as president of the University of Toronto and later as Secretary of State for External Affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidney Earle Smith canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8982421 — 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: Sidney Earle Smith Context triple: [Howard Green, precededBy, Sidney Earle Smith]
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A.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
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C.
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
Willard Carroll Smith Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and producer widely known for his roles in film and television, including "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and numerous blockbuster movies.
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D.
Stanford Leonard Smith
Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith is a fictional CIA agent and the overzealous, conservative patriarch of the Smith family in the animated television series "American Dad!".
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E.
Osborne Earl Smith
Osborne Earl Smith is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball shortstop, widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in the sport’s history, best known for his career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 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: Sidney Earle Smith Target entity description: Sidney Earle Smith was a Canadian academic and politician who served as president of the University of Toronto and later as Secretary of State for External Affairs.
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A.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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B.
Frederick Wallace Smith
Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
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C.
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
Willard Carroll Smith Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and producer widely known for his roles in film and television, including "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and numerous blockbuster movies.
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D.
Stanford Leonard Smith
Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith is a fictional CIA agent and the overzealous, conservative patriarch of the Smith family in the animated television series "American Dad!".
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E.
Osborne Earl Smith
Osborne Earl Smith is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball shortstop, widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in the sport’s history, best known for his career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian politician
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human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | John Diefenbaker ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1959-03-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Acadia University
ⓘ
Dalhousie University ⓘ |
| employer |
Dalhousie University
ⓘ
University of Manitoba ⓘ University of Toronto ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
higher education administration
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Smith ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Sidney ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Earle ⓘ |
| hasName | Sidney Earle Smith ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honourable ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to Canadian foreign policy in the late 1950s
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leadership in expanding the University of Toronto post-World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
law professor
ⓘ
politician ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
1948 (President of the University of Manitoba)
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1957 (President of the University of Toronto) ⓘ 1959 (Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada) ⓘ |
| officeStart |
1945 (President of the University of Manitoba)
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1948 (President of the University of Toronto) ⓘ 1957 (Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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linked to:
Port Hood, Nova Scotia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
Ottawa
|
| positionHeld |
President of the University of Manitoba
ⓘ
President of the University of Toronto ⓘ Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
|
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottawa
Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Toronto
|
| taughtAt |
Dalhousie University
ⓘ
Osgoode Hall Law School ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sidney Earle Smith Description of subject: Sidney Earle Smith was a Canadian academic and politician who served as president of the University of Toronto and later as Secretary of State for External Affairs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.