Percy Allan
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Percy Allan was an Australian civil engineer best known for his innovative bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percy Allan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11814795 — 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: Percy Allan Context triple: [Pyrmont Bridge, designedBy, Percy Allan]
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A.
Percy Green
Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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B.
Percy Kilbride
Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
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C.
Percy Gibson
Percy Gibson is a Peruvian-American theater producer best known as the younger husband of British actress and author Joan Collins.
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D.
Percy Humphrey
Percy Humphrey was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader closely associated with the New Orleans traditional jazz scene.
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E.
Percy March
Percy March was a member of the British March family of sculptors, known for working alongside his brothers on notable early 20th-century public monuments.
- 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: Percy Allan Target entity description: Percy Allan was an Australian civil engineer best known for his innovative bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Percy Green
Percy Green was a civil rights activist and former McDonnell Douglas employee whose discrimination lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, which established a key framework for proving employment discrimination.
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B.
Percy Kilbride
Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
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C.
Percy Gibson
Percy Gibson is a Peruvian-American theater producer best known as the younger husband of British actress and author Joan Collins.
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D.
Percy Humphrey
Percy Humphrey was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader closely associated with the New Orleans traditional jazz scene.
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E.
Percy March
Percy March was a member of the British March family of sculptors, known for working alongside his brothers on notable early 20th-century public monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian
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civil engineer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeYears |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
New South Wales road and bridge network
ⓘ
linked to:
New South Wales transport network
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| basedIn | Sydney ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1861 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1930 ⓘ |
| designed |
Allan truss timber bridge
ⓘ
Glebe Island Bridge ⓘ Pyrmont Bridge ⓘ many timber truss road bridges in New South Wales ⓘ |
| developed | economical timber truss bridge type for rural roads ⓘ |
| employer | New South Wales Public Works Department ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bridge engineering
ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| heritageRecognition | many Allan truss bridges are heritage-listed in New South Wales ⓘ |
| influenced | bridge design in New South Wales ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Allan truss
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innovative bridge designs ⓘ timber truss bridge design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allan truss design
ⓘ
Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney ⓘ Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney ⓘ
linked to:
Pyrmont Bridge
|
| occupation | civil engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sydney ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sydney ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Principal Engineer for Bridges, New South Wales ⓘ |
| workLocation | New South Wales ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Percy Allan Description of subject: Percy Allan was an Australian civil engineer best known for his innovative bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
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