Thomas
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Thomas is the formal given name of Tom Dula, the 19th-century North Carolina man whose murder trial inspired the folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17728903 — 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: Thomas Context triple: [Tom Dula, givenName, Thomas]
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Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Frankland, a titled member of the British Frankland family.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas E. Lovejoy, an influential American ecologist known for his pioneering work in biodiversity conservation.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, a British naval officer and aristocrat known for his volatile temperament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the formal given name of Tom Dula, the 19th-century North Carolina man whose murder trial inspired the folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
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Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for his influential protest and contemporary folk songs.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Boston Corbett, the Union Army soldier known for killing Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.