Robert McDowell
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Robert McDowell is an American musician and composer best known as the guitarist for the band Manchester Orchestra and for co-composing the score to the film "Swiss Army Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert McDowell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18261296 — 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: Robert McDowell Context triple: [Swiss Army Man, musicBy, Robert McDowell]
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A.
John Ward
John Ward was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
John Ward
John Ward is an archaeologist and co-director of research at the ancient Egyptian site of Gebel el-Silsila.
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C.
John Ward
John Ward is a musician best known for his role in the New York City rock band Elephant’s Memory, which was closely associated with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the early 1970s.
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D.
William Ball
William Ball is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including politics, the arts, and sports.
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E.
Robert Ridgely
Robert Ridgely was an American character actor and voice artist known for his work in films, television, and animation from the 1960s through the 1990s.
- 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: Robert McDowell Target entity description: Robert McDowell is an American musician and composer best known as the guitarist for the band Manchester Orchestra and for co-composing the score to the film "Swiss Army Man."
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A.
John Ward
John Ward was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
John Ward
John Ward is an archaeologist and co-director of research at the ancient Egyptian site of Gebel el-Silsila.
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C.
John Ward
John Ward is a musician best known for his role in the New York City rock band Elephant’s Memory, which was closely associated with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the early 1970s.
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D.
William Ball
William Ball is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including politics, the arts, and sports.
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E.
Robert Ridgely
Robert Ridgely was an American character actor and voice artist known for his work in films, television, and animation from the 1960s through the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.