Sam Skinner
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Sam Skinner is an American lawyer and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation who served under President George H. W. Bush.
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| Sam Skinner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16544203 — 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: Sam Skinner Context triple: [Jane Skinner, father, Sam Skinner]
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A.
Tom Skinner
Tom Skinner is an English drummer best known for his work in jazz and experimental rock, including as a member of the band The Smile alongside Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood.
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B.
Dan McCarroll
Dan McCarroll is an American music executive, producer, and former drummer known for his leadership roles at major record labels such as Capitol Records and Warner Bros. Records.
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C.
Bill Strother
Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
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D.
Sam Masterson
Sam Masterson is a central character in the 1946 film noir "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers," portrayed as a drifter whose return to his hometown rekindles buried secrets and dangerous passions.
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E.
Mitch McDeere
Mitch McDeere is an ambitious young Harvard-educated lawyer who becomes entangled in a corrupt law firm’s criminal activities in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Firm."
- 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: Sam Skinner Target entity description: Sam Skinner is an American lawyer and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation who served under President George H. W. Bush.
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A.
Tom Skinner
Tom Skinner is an English drummer best known for his work in jazz and experimental rock, including as a member of the band The Smile alongside Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood.
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B.
Dan McCarroll
Dan McCarroll is an American music executive, producer, and former drummer known for his leadership roles at major record labels such as Capitol Records and Warner Bros. Records.
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C.
Bill Strother
Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
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D.
Sam Masterson
Sam Masterson is a central character in the 1946 film noir "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers," portrayed as a drifter whose return to his hometown rekindles buried secrets and dangerous passions.
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E.
Mitch McDeere
Mitch McDeere is an ambitious young Harvard-educated lawyer who becomes entangled in a corrupt law firm’s criminal activities in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Firm."
- F. None of above. chosen
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