Cal
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Cal is a masculine given name, often used as a short form of names like Calvin, Callum, or Caleb.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cal canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16136105 — 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: Cal Context triple: [Cal McVey, givenName, Cal]
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A.
Cal
Cal is the commonly used short name for the University of California, Berkeley and its associated athletic programs.
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B.
Cal
Cal is the given name of professional baseball pitcher Cal Quantrill.
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C.
Cal
Cal is the nickname and given name of Cal McNair, the American businessman and principal owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans.
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D.
Cal
Cal is the first name of Cal Henderson, a British software engineer best known as the co-founder and CTO of Slack.
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E.
CAL
CAL is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Arts and Letters, an academic division typically focused on humanities and liberal arts disciplines.
- 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: Cal Target entity description: Cal is a masculine given name, often used as a short form of names like Calvin, Callum, or Caleb.
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A.
Cal
Cal is the commonly used short name for the University of California, Berkeley and its associated athletic programs.
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B.
Cal
Cal is the nickname and given name of Cal McNair, the American businessman and principal owner of the NFL’s Houston Texans.
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C.
Cal
Cal is the first name of Cal Henderson, a British software engineer best known as the co-founder and CTO of Slack.
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D.
Cal
Cal is the given name of professional baseball pitcher Cal Quantrill.
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E.
CAL
CAL is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Arts and Letters, an academic division typically focused on humanities and liberal arts disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.