E. C. Bentley
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E. C. Bentley was a British novelist and journalist best known for pioneering the modern whodunit with his influential 1913 detective novel "Trent's Last Case."
All labels observed (1)
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| E. C. Bentley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16649109 — 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: E. C. Bentley Context triple: [Golden Age detective fiction, hasInfluentialAuthor, E. C. Bentley]
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A.
Albert Bentley
Albert Bentley is a former American football running back who played professionally in the United States Football League and the National Football League during the 1980s.
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B.
Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons was a British poet, critic, and key figure of the 1890s Symbolist movement, known for his influential writings on modernist literature and the arts.
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C.
Adrian Stephen
Adrian Stephen was a British psychoanalyst, writer, and member of the Bloomsbury Group, known also as the younger brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
A. J. Arberry
A. J. Arberry was a prominent British orientalist and scholar of Islamic studies, renowned for his influential English translations of classical Persian and Arabic literature.
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E.
Francis Kermode
Francis Kermode was a Canadian naturalist and museum curator best known for his work in British Columbia, after whom the rare white-furred Kermode bear is named.
- 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: E. C. Bentley Target entity description: E. C. Bentley was a British novelist and journalist best known for pioneering the modern whodunit with his influential 1913 detective novel "Trent's Last Case."
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A.
Albert Bentley
Albert Bentley is a former American football running back who played professionally in the United States Football League and the National Football League during the 1980s.
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B.
Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons was a British poet, critic, and key figure of the 1890s Symbolist movement, known for his influential writings on modernist literature and the arts.
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C.
Adrian Stephen
Adrian Stephen was a British psychoanalyst, writer, and member of the Bloomsbury Group, known also as the younger brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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D.
A. J. Arberry
A. J. Arberry was a prominent British orientalist and scholar of Islamic studies, renowned for his influential English translations of classical Persian and Arabic literature.
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E.
Francis Kermode
Francis Kermode was a Canadian naturalist and museum curator best known for his work in British Columbia, after whom the rare white-furred Kermode bear is named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.