Thomas Acton
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Thomas Acton was a prominent 19th-century New York City police official and reformer known for his leadership during the New York Draft Riots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Acton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13847976 — 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: Thomas Acton Context triple: [Holyhood Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Thomas Acton]
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A.
Thomas Storrow Brown
Thomas Storrow Brown was a 19th-century Canadian journalist, orator, and political activist who became a leading figure in the Lower Canada Rebellion against British colonial rule.
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B.
Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
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C.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
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D.
Henry Oscar Houghton
Henry Oscar Houghton was a 19th-century American printer, publisher, and politician best known for co-founding the influential publishing house Houghton Mifflin.
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E.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
- 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: Thomas Acton Target entity description: Thomas Acton was a prominent 19th-century New York City police official and reformer known for his leadership during the New York Draft Riots.
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A.
Thomas Storrow Brown
Thomas Storrow Brown was a 19th-century Canadian journalist, orator, and political activist who became a leading figure in the Lower Canada Rebellion against British colonial rule.
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B.
Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
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C.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
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D.
Henry Oscar Houghton
Henry Oscar Houghton was a 19th-century American printer, publisher, and politician best known for co-founding the influential publishing house Houghton Mifflin.
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E.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.