Larry Gates
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Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Larry Gates canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12224998 — 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)
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Target entity: Larry Gates Context triple: [The Sand Pebbles, starring, Larry Gates]
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A.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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B.
Willard Gates
Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
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C.
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and former Microsoft CEO known for his energetic leadership style and ownership of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
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D.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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Paul Allen
Paul Allen is a fictional Wall Street colleague of Patrick Bateman who becomes one of his prominent murder victims in Bret Easton Ellis’s novel and the film adaptation "American Psycho."
- 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: Larry Gates Target entity description: Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
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A.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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B.
Willard Gates
Willard Gates is a scheming, morally corrupt businessman and secondary antagonist in the 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire."
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C.
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and former Microsoft CEO known for his energetic leadership style and ownership of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.
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D.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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E.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen is a fictional Wall Street colleague of Patrick Bateman who becomes one of his prominent murder victims in Bret Easton Ellis’s novel and the film adaptation "American Psycho."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.