Edward Sumner
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Edward Sumner is a wealthy New York businessman whose extramarital affair and its consequences drive the central drama of the film "Unfaithful."
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| Edward Sumner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14396887 — 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: Edward Sumner Context triple: [Unfaithful, mainCharacter, Edward Sumner]
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Edwin Lawrence Godkin
Edwin Lawrence Godkin was an Irish-born American journalist and political commentator best known for his influential leadership in liberal reform journalism in the late 19th century United States.
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Elbridge G. Spaulding
Elbridge G. Spaulding was a 19th-century American politician and banker from New York, best known for helping to create the U.S. "greenback" currency during the Civil War.
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C.
Samuel S. Sumner
Samuel S. Sumner was a United States Army officer and general who served prominently in late 19th-century conflicts, including the Spanish–American War.
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D.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
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E.
Benjamin Ely
Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
- 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: Edward Sumner Target entity description: Edward Sumner is a wealthy New York businessman whose extramarital affair and its consequences drive the central drama of the film "Unfaithful."
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A.
Edwin Lawrence Godkin
Edwin Lawrence Godkin was an Irish-born American journalist and political commentator best known for his influential leadership in liberal reform journalism in the late 19th century United States.
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B.
Elbridge G. Spaulding
Elbridge G. Spaulding was a 19th-century American politician and banker from New York, best known for helping to create the U.S. "greenback" currency during the Civil War.
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C.
Samuel S. Sumner
Samuel S. Sumner was a United States Army officer and general who served prominently in late 19th-century conflicts, including the Spanish–American War.
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D.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
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E.
Benjamin Ely
Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.