linguist Greville Corbett
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Greville Corbett is a British linguist renowned for his influential work in typology and morphology, particularly on features such as gender and number, and for his extensive documentation of lesser-studied languages.
All labels observed (1)
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| linguist Greville Corbett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17168484 — 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: linguist Greville Corbett Context triple: [Archi language, documentedBy, linguist Greville Corbett]
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A.
linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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B.
linguist John O. Rankin
John O. Rankin is a linguist known for his documentation and analysis of the Unami language, a dialect of the Lenape (Delaware) Native American language.
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C.
linguist David Mead
David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
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D.
R. M. W. Dixon
R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
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E.
linguist William Shipley
William Shipley was an American linguist best known for his extensive work on and preservation of Native Californian languages, particularly the Maidu language.
- 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: linguist Greville Corbett Target entity description: Greville Corbett is a British linguist renowned for his influential work in typology and morphology, particularly on features such as gender and number, and for his extensive documentation of lesser-studied languages.
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A.
linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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B.
linguist John O. Rankin
John O. Rankin is a linguist known for his documentation and analysis of the Unami language, a dialect of the Lenape (Delaware) Native American language.
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C.
linguist David Mead
David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
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D.
R. M. W. Dixon
R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
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E.
linguist William Shipley
William Shipley was an American linguist best known for his extensive work on and preservation of Native Californian languages, particularly the Maidu language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.