Coleman Silk
E1124720
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Coleman Silk is a classics professor whose life unravels after a false accusation of racism exposes long-buried secrets about his identity in Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coleman Silk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14892082 — 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: Coleman Silk Context triple: [The Human Stain, mainCharacter, Coleman Silk]
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A.
George Coleman
George Coleman is an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his work in the 1960s with Miles Davis and his influential hard bop and post-bop performances.
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B.
Hurd Curtis Willett
Hurd Curtis Willett was an American meteorologist known for his influential work on atmospheric circulation and long-range weather forecasting.
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C.
Charles Somers
Charles Somers was an early 20th-century baseball executive and financier who played a key role in founding and supporting the American League and several of its franchises.
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D.
John Henshaw
John Henshaw is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the Ken Loach-directed film "Looking for Eric."
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E.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
- 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: Coleman Silk Target entity description: Coleman Silk is a classics professor whose life unravels after a false accusation of racism exposes long-buried secrets about his identity in Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain."
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A.
George Coleman
George Coleman is an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his work in the 1960s with Miles Davis and his influential hard bop and post-bop performances.
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B.
Hurd Curtis Willett
Hurd Curtis Willett was an American meteorologist known for his influential work on atmospheric circulation and long-range weather forecasting.
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C.
Charles Somers
Charles Somers was an early 20th-century baseball executive and financier who played a key role in founding and supporting the American League and several of its franchises.
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D.
John Henshaw
John Henshaw is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the Ken Loach-directed film "Looking for Eric."
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E.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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