Walter B. Gibson
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Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter B. Gibson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14013608 — 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: Walter B. Gibson Context triple: [The Shadow, characterCreatedBy, Walter B. Gibson]
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A.
H. C. K. Wyld
H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
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B.
E. V. Cunningham
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
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C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
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D.
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt was an American science fiction and fantasy author and military historian known for his influential collaborations and imaginative speculative works in the mid-20th century.
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E.
J. G. Fletcher
J. G. Fletcher was a writer or poet who contributed work to the influential early 20th-century Imagist poetry anthology "Des Imagistes."
- 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: Walter B. Gibson Target entity description: Walter B. Gibson was an American writer and magician best known for creating and extensively writing the pulp adventures of the crime-fighting character The Shadow.
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A.
H. C. K. Wyld
H. C. K. Wyld was a British philologist and historical linguist known for his influential work on the history and development of the English language.
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B.
E. V. Cunningham
E. V. Cunningham was the crime-fiction pen name of American novelist Howard Fast, under which he wrote a series of popular mystery and detective novels.
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C.
Edward E. Smith
Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
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D.
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt was an American science fiction and fantasy author and military historian known for his influential collaborations and imaginative speculative works in the mid-20th century.
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E.
J. G. Fletcher
J. G. Fletcher was a writer or poet who contributed work to the influential early 20th-century Imagist poetry anthology "Des Imagistes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.