thyroid gland
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The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine organ in the neck that produces hormones crucial for regulating metabolism, growth, and energy use throughout the body.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| thyroid gland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17181838 — 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: thyroid gland Context triple: [Graves disease, affectsOrgan, thyroid gland]
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A.
Dewey Gland
Dewey Gland is a fictional member of the bohemian social circle known as the Whole Sick Crew in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "V."
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B.
Struma
The Struma is a significant river in the Balkans that flows from western Bulgaria into Greece, ultimately emptying into the Aegean Sea.
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C.
Struma
Struma was a Romanian ship whose tragic 1942 sinking in the Black Sea, while carrying Jewish refugees trying to reach Palestine, became a symbol of the desperate and often doomed attempts to escape the Holocaust.
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D.
Hypothymis
Hypothymis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Gland
Gland is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne.
- 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: thyroid gland Target entity description: The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine organ in the neck that produces hormones crucial for regulating metabolism, growth, and energy use throughout the body.
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A.
Dewey Gland
Dewey Gland is a fictional member of the bohemian social circle known as the Whole Sick Crew in Thomas Pynchon’s novel "V."
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B.
Struma
The Struma is a significant river in the Balkans that flows from western Bulgaria into Greece, ultimately emptying into the Aegean Sea.
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C.
Struma
Struma was a Romanian ship whose tragic 1942 sinking in the Black Sea, while carrying Jewish refugees trying to reach Palestine, became a symbol of the desperate and often doomed attempts to escape the Holocaust.
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D.
Hypothymis
Hypothymis is a genus of small passerine birds commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in forested regions of South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Gland
Gland is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.