James Ritty
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James Ritty was an American saloonkeeper and inventor best known for creating the first practical mechanical cash register in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Ritty canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18037990 — 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: James Ritty Context triple: [Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, burialPlaceOf, James Ritty]
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A.
Samuel Ginn
Samuel Ginn is an American telecommunications executive and philanthropist best known for his leadership at Pacific Telesis and AirTouch Communications and for his major contributions to Auburn University’s College of Engineering.
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B.
Jay Gould
Jay Gould was a powerful and controversial 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier known for his ruthless business tactics and major influence during the Gilded Age.
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C.
Davis Grubb
Davis Grubb was an American novelist best known for his Southern Gothic works, particularly the acclaimed novel "The Night of the Hunter."
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D.
Frank Blair Jr.
Frank Blair Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American politician and Union Army general from Missouri who played a key role in preserving the state for the Union during the Civil War.
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E.
Kemmons Wilson
Kemmons Wilson was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Holiday Inn hotel chain, which revolutionized mid-20th-century family travel and lodging.
- 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: James Ritty Target entity description: James Ritty was an American saloonkeeper and inventor best known for creating the first practical mechanical cash register in the late 19th century.
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A.
Samuel Ginn
Samuel Ginn is an American telecommunications executive and philanthropist best known for his leadership at Pacific Telesis and AirTouch Communications and for his major contributions to Auburn University’s College of Engineering.
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B.
Jay Gould
Jay Gould was a powerful and controversial 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier known for his ruthless business tactics and major influence during the Gilded Age.
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C.
Davis Grubb
Davis Grubb was an American novelist best known for his Southern Gothic works, particularly the acclaimed novel "The Night of the Hunter."
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D.
Frank Blair Jr.
Frank Blair Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American politician and Union Army general from Missouri who played a key role in preserving the state for the Union during the Civil War.
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E.
Kemmons Wilson
Kemmons Wilson was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Holiday Inn hotel chain, which revolutionized mid-20th-century family travel and lodging.
- 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:
Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, United States