Richard Hennessy
E1049176
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Richard Hennessy was an Irish officer and entrepreneur who founded the renowned French cognac house Hennessy in the 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Hennessy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13590694 — 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: Richard Hennessy Context triple: [Hennessy, foundedBy, Richard Hennessy]
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A.
George Hennessy
George Hennessy was a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the early 20th century.
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B.
Day Hennessy
Day Hennessy is a surname associated with the individual Tamar Teresa Day Hennessy.
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C.
David Hennessy
David Hennessy is an individual known primarily in relation to his marriage to Tamar Teresa Day Hennessy.
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D.
William Grant Sherry
William Grant Sherry was an American artist and World War II veteran best known as the third husband of actress Bette Davis.
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E.
Rupert Guinness
Rupert Guinness was a British businessman, politician, and philanthropist from the prominent Guinness brewing family who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament and later became the 2nd Earl of Iveagh.
- 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: Richard Hennessy Target entity description: Richard Hennessy was an Irish officer and entrepreneur who founded the renowned French cognac house Hennessy in the 18th century.
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A.
George Hennessy
George Hennessy was a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the early 20th century.
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B.
Day Hennessy
Day Hennessy is a surname associated with the individual Tamar Teresa Day Hennessy.
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C.
David Hennessy
David Hennessy is an individual known primarily in relation to his marriage to Tamar Teresa Day Hennessy.
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D.
William Grant Sherry
William Grant Sherry was an American artist and World War II veteran best known as the third husband of actress Bette Davis.
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E.
Rupert Guinness
Rupert Guinness was a British businessman, politician, and philanthropist from the prominent Guinness brewing family who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament and later became the 2nd Earl of Iveagh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.