David Sumner
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David Sumner is the mild-mannered American mathematician whose psychological unraveling and violent transformation drive the central conflict in the film "Straw Dogs."
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17576555 — 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: David Sumner Context triple: [Straw Dogs, mainCharacter, David Sumner]
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A.
Phil Sumner
Phil Sumner is a musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist, particularly on cornet and keyboards, for the British indie rock band British Sea Power (now known as Sea Power).
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B.
Eric E. Sumner
Eric E. Sumner was a prominent engineer and telecommunications pioneer whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to establish a prestigious award in his honor.
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C.
Jake Sumner
Jake Sumner is a British filmmaker and photographer, known for his work in music videos, commercials, and short films.
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D.
Robert Summers
Robert Summers is an American artist and sculptor best known for creating large-scale bronze monuments and public artworks.
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E.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
- 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: David Sumner Target entity description: David Sumner is the mild-mannered American mathematician whose psychological unraveling and violent transformation drive the central conflict in the film "Straw Dogs."
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A.
Phil Sumner
Phil Sumner is a musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist, particularly on cornet and keyboards, for the British indie rock band British Sea Power (now known as Sea Power).
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B.
Eric E. Sumner
Eric E. Sumner was a prominent engineer and telecommunications pioneer whose contributions to the field led the IEEE to establish a prestigious award in his honor.
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C.
Jake Sumner
Jake Sumner is a British filmmaker and photographer, known for his work in music videos, commercials, and short films.
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D.
Robert Summers
Robert Summers is an American artist and sculptor best known for creating large-scale bronze monuments and public artworks.
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E.
Richard Somers
Richard Somers was a United States Navy officer and early American naval hero of the First Barbary War, remembered for his leadership and death during a daring 1804 explosion-ship mission at Tripoli.
- F. None of above. chosen
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