Robert Smith
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Robert Smith was an early 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later as Secretary of State under President James Madison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13811759 — 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: Robert Smith Context triple: [Benjamin Stoddert, succeededBy, Robert Smith]
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A.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an 18th-century architect known for designing prominent colonial American buildings, including Nassau Hall at Princeton.
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B.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is the brother of Samuel Smith.
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C.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band The Cure.
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D.
Robert Talbot
Robert Talbot is a fictional character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "Come September," portrayed by Rock Hudson as a wealthy American businessman who spends his summers at his Italian villa.
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E.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
- 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: Robert Smith Target entity description: Robert Smith was an early 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later as Secretary of State under President James Madison.
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A.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an 18th-century architect known for designing prominent colonial American buildings, including Nassau Hall at Princeton.
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B.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is the brother of Samuel Smith.
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C.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band The Cure.
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D.
Robert Talbot
Robert Talbot is a fictional character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "Come September," portrayed by Rock Hudson as a wealthy American businessman who spends his summers at his Italian villa.
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E.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.