Alan Stevenson
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Alan Stevenson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer, known for constructing many of Scotland’s most important lighthouses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Stevenson canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13551320 — 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: Alan Stevenson Context triple: [Thomas Stevenson, relative, Alan Stevenson]
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A.
David Stevenson
David Stevenson was a Scottish lighthouse engineer and member of the famous Stevenson family of civil engineers.
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B.
Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson is the central character of the American sitcom "The Gregory Hines Show," around whose family and personal life the series revolves.
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C.
Alan Manning
Alan Manning is a British labour economist and professor at the London School of Economics, known for his influential research on wage inequality, monopsony in labour markets, and immigration policy.
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D.
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often appearing in comedies and crime dramas.
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E.
Daniel Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for composing the bugle call "Taps."
- 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: Alan Stevenson Target entity description: Alan Stevenson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer, known for constructing many of Scotland’s most important lighthouses.
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A.
David Stevenson
David Stevenson was a Scottish lighthouse engineer and member of the famous Stevenson family of civil engineers.
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B.
Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson is the central character of the American sitcom "The Gregory Hines Show," around whose family and personal life the series revolves.
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C.
Alan Manning
Alan Manning is a British labour economist and professor at the London School of Economics, known for his influential research on wage inequality, monopsony in labour markets, and immigration policy.
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D.
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often appearing in comedies and crime dramas.
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E.
Daniel Butterfield
Daniel Butterfield was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best known for composing the bugle call "Taps."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.