Douglas Corrigan
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Douglas Corrigan was an American aviator famously nicknamed "Wrong Way" for his unauthorized 1938 transatlantic flight from New York to Ireland after filing a flight plan to California.
All labels observed (1)
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| Douglas Corrigan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14560317 — 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: Douglas Corrigan Context triple: [Corrigan, hasNotableBearer, Douglas Corrigan]
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A.
Wiley Post
Wiley Post was an American aviator famed for being the first pilot to fly solo around the world and for his pioneering work in high-altitude flight and pressure suit development.
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B.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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C.
John Alcock
John Alcock was a British aviator best known for making the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside Arthur Whitten Brown.
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D.
John Alcock
John Alcock was a 15th-century English bishop, statesman, and scholar notable for his influential roles in church and royal administration and his patronage of education.
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E.
Clyde Pangborn
Clyde Pangborn was an American aviator best known for completing the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
- 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: Douglas Corrigan Target entity description: Douglas Corrigan was an American aviator famously nicknamed "Wrong Way" for his unauthorized 1938 transatlantic flight from New York to Ireland after filing a flight plan to California.
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A.
Wiley Post
Wiley Post was an American aviator famed for being the first pilot to fly solo around the world and for his pioneering work in high-altitude flight and pressure suit development.
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B.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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C.
John Alcock
John Alcock was a British aviator best known for making the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside Arthur Whitten Brown.
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D.
John Alcock
John Alcock was a 15th-century English bishop, statesman, and scholar notable for his influential roles in church and royal administration and his patronage of education.
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E.
Clyde Pangborn
Clyde Pangborn was an American aviator best known for completing the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
- F. None of above. chosen
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