Seymour Skinner
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Seymour Skinner is the strict, often beleaguered principal of Springfield Elementary School on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seymour Skinner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16323986 — 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: Seymour Skinner Context triple: [Principal Skinner, fullName, Seymour Skinner]
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A.
Walter Skinner
Walter Skinner is a high-ranking FBI assistant director who oversees and often clashes with Agents Mulder and Scully in the science fiction television series The X-Files.
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B.
Leonard Skinner
Leonard Skinner was a high school gym teacher whose strict enforcement of hair-length rules famously inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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C.
Chief Wiggum
Chief Wiggum is the bumbling, doughnut-loving police chief of Springfield on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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D.
Walter Jay Skinner
Walter Jay Skinner was a United States federal judge best known for presiding over major environmental and toxic waste litigation, including high-profile contamination cases.
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E.
Harvey Mason Sr.
Harvey Mason Sr. is an American jazz drummer, composer, and record producer renowned for his session work and as a founding member of the jazz-fusion group Fourplay.
- 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: Seymour Skinner Target entity description: Seymour Skinner is the strict, often beleaguered principal of Springfield Elementary School on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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A.
Walter Skinner
Walter Skinner is a high-ranking FBI assistant director who oversees and often clashes with Agents Mulder and Scully in the science fiction television series The X-Files.
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B.
Leonard Skinner
Leonard Skinner was a high school gym teacher whose strict enforcement of hair-length rules famously inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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C.
Chief Wiggum
Chief Wiggum is the bumbling, doughnut-loving police chief of Springfield on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
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D.
Walter Jay Skinner
Walter Jay Skinner was a United States federal judge best known for presiding over major environmental and toxic waste litigation, including high-profile contamination cases.
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E.
Harvey Mason Sr.
Harvey Mason Sr. is an American jazz drummer, composer, and record producer renowned for his session work and as a founding member of the jazz-fusion group Fourplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.