James B. Affton
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James B. Affton was a prominent local figure and early settler whose contributions to the community led to the St. Louis suburb of Affton, Missouri being named in his honor.
All labels observed (1)
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| James B. Affton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15982146 — 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: James B. Affton Context triple: [Affton, Missouri, namedAfter, James B. Affton]
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A.
Rulon S. Johnson
Rulon S. Johnson (also known as Leroy S. Johnson) was a prominent leader in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a Mormon fundamentalist sect.
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B.
Alton J. Lemon
Alton J. Lemon was a civil rights activist and lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the “Lemon test” for evaluating violations of the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Cornelius R. Coffey
Cornelius R. Coffey was a pioneering African American aviator and aviation mechanic who co-founded a flight school that trained many Black pilots before and during World War II.
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D.
Louis T. Wigfall
Louis T. Wigfall was a prominent Texas politician and Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his fiery oratory and staunch secessionist views.
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E.
Silas H. Strawn
Silas H. Strawn was an American lawyer and prominent managing partner who helped build Winston & Strawn into a major national law firm in the early 20th century.
- 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: James B. Affton Target entity description: James B. Affton was a prominent local figure and early settler whose contributions to the community led to the St. Louis suburb of Affton, Missouri being named in his honor.
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A.
Rulon S. Johnson
Rulon S. Johnson (also known as Leroy S. Johnson) was a prominent leader in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a Mormon fundamentalist sect.
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B.
Alton J. Lemon
Alton J. Lemon was a civil rights activist and lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the “Lemon test” for evaluating violations of the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Cornelius R. Coffey
Cornelius R. Coffey was a pioneering African American aviator and aviation mechanic who co-founded a flight school that trained many Black pilots before and during World War II.
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D.
Louis T. Wigfall
Louis T. Wigfall was a prominent Texas politician and Confederate general during the American Civil War, known for his fiery oratory and staunch secessionist views.
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E.
Silas H. Strawn
Silas H. Strawn was an American lawyer and prominent managing partner who helped build Winston & Strawn into a major national law firm in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Affton, Missouri