Alanson Shearer
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Alanson Shearer was an early local figure of significance in Michigan, likely a pioneer settler or landowner, after whom the village of Alanson, Michigan, was named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alanson Shearer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14770118 — 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: Alanson Shearer Context triple: [Alanson, Michigan, namedAfter, Alanson Shearer]
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A.
Allan Shivers
Allan Shivers was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Texas and was influential in the state's conservative Democratic politics.
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B.
Asa Biggs
Asa Biggs was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and later a federal judge.
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C.
John Gilleland
John Gilleland was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the experimental Civil War-era Double-Barreled Cannon in Athens, Georgia.
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D.
William Drinkard
William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
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E.
Herald Loomis
Herald Loomis is the haunted, spiritually searching protagonist of August Wilson’s play "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone," whose journey embodies the struggle of African Americans to reclaim identity and freedom after slavery.
- 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: Alanson Shearer Target entity description: Alanson Shearer was an early local figure of significance in Michigan, likely a pioneer settler or landowner, after whom the village of Alanson, Michigan, was named.
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A.
Allan Shivers
Allan Shivers was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Texas and was influential in the state's conservative Democratic politics.
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B.
Asa Biggs
Asa Biggs was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and later a federal judge.
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C.
John Gilleland
John Gilleland was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the experimental Civil War-era Double-Barreled Cannon in Athens, Georgia.
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D.
William Drinkard
William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
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E.
Herald Loomis
Herald Loomis is the haunted, spiritually searching protagonist of August Wilson’s play "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone," whose journey embodies the struggle of African Americans to reclaim identity and freedom after slavery.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.