Augustus Porter
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Augustus Porter was an early American surveyor, land developer, and politician known for his role in settling and developing the Niagara Frontier region in New York.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augustus Porter canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17617490 — 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: Augustus Porter Context triple: [Peter B. Porter, hasRelative, Augustus Porter]
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A.
Augustus Phillips
Augustus Phillips was an early 20th-century American silent film actor best known for his role in the pioneering 1910 adaptation of "Frankenstein."
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B.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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C.
Augustus Baldwin
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was a 19th-century American lawyer, educator, humorist, and writer best known for his collection of Southern sketches "Georgia Scenes."
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D.
Augustus Johnston
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
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E.
Augustus Tigrett
Augustus Tigrett is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and American restaurateur Maureen Starkey Tigrett, making him part of the extended Beatles family.
- 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: Augustus Porter Target entity description: Augustus Porter was an early American surveyor, land developer, and politician known for his role in settling and developing the Niagara Frontier region in New York.
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A.
Augustus Phillips
Augustus Phillips was an early 20th-century American silent film actor best known for his role in the pioneering 1910 adaptation of "Frankenstein."
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B.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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C.
Augustus Baldwin
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet was a 19th-century American lawyer, educator, humorist, and writer best known for his collection of Southern sketches "Georgia Scenes."
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D.
Augustus Johnston
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
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E.
Augustus Tigrett
Augustus Tigrett is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and American restaurateur Maureen Starkey Tigrett, making him part of the extended Beatles family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.