William H. Bonney
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William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William H. Bonney canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16478459 — 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: William H. Bonney Context triple: [Billy the Kid, alsoKnownAs, William H. Bonney]
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A.
Henry H. Bingham
Henry H. Bingham was a decorated American Civil War officer and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, noted for his heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
John O. Meusebach
John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
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C.
Zebulon Crocker
Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
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D.
William A. Clark
William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
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E.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
- 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: William H. Bonney Target entity description: William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
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A.
Henry H. Bingham
Henry H. Bingham was a decorated American Civil War officer and long-serving U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, noted for his heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
John O. Meusebach
John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
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C.
Zebulon Crocker
Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
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D.
William A. Clark
William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
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E.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Billy’s Death”