Adah Virginia Held
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Adah Virginia Held was the wife of American Olympic swimmer and film actor Buster Crabbe.
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| Adah Virginia Held canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16865919 — 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: Adah Virginia Held Context triple: [Buster Crabbe, spouse, Adah Virginia Held]
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A.
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a pioneering African American lawyer, economist, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States and one of the first Black women admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Alice Faye Williams
Alice Faye Williams, better known as Afeni Shakur, was a prominent Black Panther activist and the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, later recognized for managing his estate and philanthropic work.
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C.
Annie Roberta Day Shepard
Annie Roberta Day Shepard was the wife of educator and North Carolina Central University founder James E. Shepard and a prominent figure in his personal and community life.
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D.
Lillie Handley
Lillie Handley was the wife of legendary American blues musician Howlin' Wolf.
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E.
Hattie Marie Damon
Hattie Marie Damon was the wife of American physician William J. Mayo, one of the co-founders of the Mayo Clinic.
- 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: Adah Virginia Held Target entity description: Adah Virginia Held was the wife of American Olympic swimmer and film actor Buster Crabbe.
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A.
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a pioneering African American lawyer, economist, and civil rights advocate who became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States and one of the first Black women admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Alice Faye Williams
Alice Faye Williams, better known as Afeni Shakur, was a prominent Black Panther activist and the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, later recognized for managing his estate and philanthropic work.
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C.
Annie Roberta Day Shepard
Annie Roberta Day Shepard was the wife of educator and North Carolina Central University founder James E. Shepard and a prominent figure in his personal and community life.
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D.
Lillie Handley
Lillie Handley was the wife of legendary American blues musician Howlin' Wolf.
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E.
Hattie Marie Damon
Hattie Marie Damon was the wife of American physician William J. Mayo, one of the co-founders of the Mayo Clinic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.