Myles Horton
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Myles Horton was an American educator and social activist best known for co-founding and leading the Highlander Folk School, a key training ground for labor and civil rights organizers in the 20th century.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18187204 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Myles Horton Context triple: [Highlander Folk School, foundedBy, Myles Horton]
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Ralph Abernathy
Ralph Abernathy was an American civil rights leader, close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., and prominent Baptist minister who played a key role in the U.S. civil rights movement.
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B.
D. Abernathy
D. Abernathy is an author known for writing the work titled "Cockiness (Love It)."
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C.
Bob Moses
Bob Moses was a prominent civil rights activist and organizer best known for his leadership in voter registration drives and grassroots education initiatives in the American South during the 1960s.
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D.
James Bevel
James Bevel was a prominent American civil rights leader and strategist, closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr., who played key roles in major campaigns such as the Freedom Rides, the Selma voting rights movement, and anti-war activism.
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E.
James Farmer
James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
- 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: Myles Horton Target entity description: Myles Horton was an American educator and social activist best known for co-founding and leading the Highlander Folk School, a key training ground for labor and civil rights organizers in the 20th century.
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A.
Ralph Abernathy
Ralph Abernathy was an American civil rights leader, close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., and prominent Baptist minister who played a key role in the U.S. civil rights movement.
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B.
D. Abernathy
D. Abernathy is an author known for writing the work titled "Cockiness (Love It)."
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C.
Bob Moses
Bob Moses was a prominent civil rights activist and organizer best known for his leadership in voter registration drives and grassroots education initiatives in the American South during the 1960s.
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D.
James Bevel
James Bevel was a prominent American civil rights leader and strategist, closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr., who played key roles in major campaigns such as the Freedom Rides, the Selma voting rights movement, and anti-war activism.
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E.
James Farmer
James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.