Samuel Wells
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Samuel Wells was an early American military leader who served as a key officer in frontier conflicts during the period of U.S. expansion into the Old Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Wells canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14225766 — 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: Samuel Wells Context triple: [Indiana territorial militia, commander, Samuel Wells]
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A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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B.
Samuel Greg
Samuel Greg was an 18th–19th century British industrialist and prominent cotton manufacturer, best known as a leading figure of the early Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Weaver
Samuel Weaver was the teenage son of Randy Weaver who was fatally shot by U.S. marshals during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
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D.
Samuel Edwards
Samuel Edwards is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields rather than a single widely recognized figure.
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E.
Samuel Blackwell
Samuel Blackwell was a British sugar refiner and abolitionist known as the patriarch of the prominent Blackwell family of social reformers, including pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell.
- 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: Samuel Wells Target entity description: Samuel Wells was an early American military leader who served as a key officer in frontier conflicts during the period of U.S. expansion into the Old Northwest.
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A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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B.
Samuel Greg
Samuel Greg was an 18th–19th century British industrialist and prominent cotton manufacturer, best known as a leading figure of the early Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Weaver
Samuel Weaver was the teenage son of Randy Weaver who was fatally shot by U.S. marshals during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho.
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D.
Samuel Edwards
Samuel Edwards is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields rather than a single widely recognized figure.
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E.
Samuel Blackwell
Samuel Blackwell was a British sugar refiner and abolitionist known as the patriarch of the prominent Blackwell family of social reformers, including pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.