Ledyard
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Ledyard is a surname most notably associated with American Revolutionary War officer William Ledyard and other members of the Ledyard family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ledyard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17313317 — 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: Ledyard Context triple: [William Ledyard, familyName, Ledyard]
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A.
Ledyard
Ledyard is the given name of G. Ledyard Stebbins, a prominent American botanist and a key figure in the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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B.
Ledyard, Connecticut
Ledyard, Connecticut is a small New England town known for its rural character and proximity to the Foxwoods Resort Casino operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
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C.
Beacon Falls
Beacon Falls is a small town in Connecticut known for its scenic Naugatuck River setting and historic mill village character.
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D.
Trumbull
Trumbull is a surname most notably associated with Lyman Trumbull, a 19th-century American politician and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Thompsonville
Thompsonville is a village and census-designated place within the town of Enfield in north-central Connecticut, historically known for its carpet manufacturing industry along the Connecticut River.
- 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: Ledyard Target entity description: Ledyard is a surname most notably associated with American Revolutionary War officer William Ledyard and other members of the Ledyard family.
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A.
Ledyard
Ledyard is the given name of G. Ledyard Stebbins, a prominent American botanist and a key figure in the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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B.
Ledyard, Connecticut
Ledyard, Connecticut is a small New England town known for its rural character and proximity to the Foxwoods Resort Casino operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
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C.
Beacon Falls
Beacon Falls is a small town in Connecticut known for its scenic Naugatuck River setting and historic mill village character.
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D.
Trumbull
Trumbull is a surname most notably associated with Lyman Trumbull, a 19th-century American politician and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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E.
Thompsonville
Thompsonville is a village and census-designated place within the town of Enfield in north-central Connecticut, historically known for its carpet manufacturing industry along the Connecticut River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Colonel William Ledyard