Funk and Wagnalls
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Funk and Wagnalls was an American publishing company best known for producing encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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| Funk and Wagnalls canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15837149 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Funk and Wagnalls Context triple: [Jewish Encyclopedia, publisher, Funk and Wagnalls]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica is a long-standing, highly respected general knowledge reference work first published in the 18th century and now available in both print and digital formats.
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Brockhaus
Brockhaus is a historic German publishing house best known for its encyclopedias and for issuing significant philosophical works in the 19th century.
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C.
Cassell
Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
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D.
Van Nostrand
Van Nostrand was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and professional works in fields such as psychology, science, and engineering.
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E.
Britannica School
Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
- 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: Funk and Wagnalls Target entity description: Funk and Wagnalls was an American publishing company best known for producing encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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A.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica is a long-standing, highly respected general knowledge reference work first published in the 18th century and now available in both print and digital formats.
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B.
Brockhaus
Brockhaus is a historic German publishing house best known for its encyclopedias and for issuing significant philosophical works in the 19th century.
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C.
Cassell
Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
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D.
Van Nostrand
Van Nostrand was an American publishing company known for producing influential academic and professional works in fields such as psychology, science, and engineering.
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E.
Britannica School
Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
- F. None of above. chosen
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