Bob Edgar
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Bob Edgar was an American historian and preservationist best known for creating Old Trail Town, a reconstructed frontier settlement in Cody, Wyoming that preserves Western heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Edgar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11748444 — 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: Bob Edgar Context triple: [Old Trail Town, foundedBy, Bob Edgar]
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A.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards is one of the children of former U.S. Senator and vice-presidential nominee John Edwards.
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B.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards.
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C.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards was a prominent local figure in Alabama, likely a politician or civic leader, after whom the Jack Edwards National Airport in Gulf Shores is named.
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D.
Don Graham
Don Graham is a real estate developer best known for his role in creating Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center, one of the largest open-air shopping malls in the world.
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E.
Jim Edgar
Jim Edgar is an American Republican politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999.
- 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: Bob Edgar Target entity description: Bob Edgar was an American historian and preservationist best known for creating Old Trail Town, a reconstructed frontier settlement in Cody, Wyoming that preserves Western heritage.
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A.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards is one of the children of former U.S. Senator and vice-presidential nominee John Edwards.
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B.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards.
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C.
Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards was a prominent local figure in Alabama, likely a politician or civic leader, after whom the Jack Edwards National Airport in Gulf Shores is named.
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D.
Don Graham
Don Graham is a real estate developer best known for his role in creating Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center, one of the largest open-air shopping malls in the world.
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E.
Jim Edgar
Jim Edgar is an American Republican politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian
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historic site ⓘ human ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ preservationist ⓘ town ⓘ |
| contributedTo | preservation of Western frontier heritage ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American West history
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historic preservation ⓘ |
| founded | Old Trail Town ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Bob Edgar ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Western artifacts
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historic cabins ⓘ reconstructed frontier buildings ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
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| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | creating Old Trail Town ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Wyoming ⓘ |
| location |
Cody, Wyoming
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linked to:
Cody, Wyoming, United States
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| notableAchievement | reconstructed frontier settlement preserving Western heritage in Cody, Wyoming ⓘ |
| notableWork | Old Trail Town ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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historic preservationist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Cody, Wyoming
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linked to:
Cody, Wyoming, United States
Park County, Wyoming ⓘ |
| residence |
Cody, Wyoming
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linked to:
Cody, Wyoming, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bob Edgar Description of subject: Bob Edgar was an American historian and preservationist best known for creating Old Trail Town, a reconstructed frontier settlement in Cody, Wyoming that preserves Western heritage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.