Bing Crosby’s father Harry Lowe Crosby
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Harry Lowe Crosby was an American bookkeeper and brewery worker best known as the father of legendary singer and actor Bing Crosby.
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| Bing Crosby’s father Harry Lowe Crosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18340850 — 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)
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Target entity: Bing Crosby’s father Harry Lowe Crosby Context triple: [Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City), hasNotableBurial, Bing Crosby’s father Harry Lowe Crosby]
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A.
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby was an American singer and actor, known both for his work in film, television, and music and for being the son of entertainer Bing Crosby.
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B.
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor whose smooth baritone voice and laid-back style made him one of the most popular and influential entertainers of the 20th century.
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C.
Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader best known for leading the Bob Crosby Orchestra and the Dixieland-style Bobcats in the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing was an influential American jazz and blues singer best known for his powerful, blues-inflected vocals with the Count Basie Orchestra during the swing era.
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E.
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and big band leader who became one of the most popular bandleaders of the Swing Era.
- 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: Bing Crosby’s father Harry Lowe Crosby Target entity description: Harry Lowe Crosby was an American bookkeeper and brewery worker best known as the father of legendary singer and actor Bing Crosby.
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A.
Gary Crosby
Gary Crosby was an American singer and actor, known both for his work in film, television, and music and for being the son of entertainer Bing Crosby.
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B.
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor whose smooth baritone voice and laid-back style made him one of the most popular and influential entertainers of the 20th century.
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C.
Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader best known for leading the Bob Crosby Orchestra and the Dixieland-style Bobcats in the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing was an influential American jazz and blues singer best known for his powerful, blues-inflected vocals with the Count Basie Orchestra during the swing era.
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E.
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and big band leader who became one of the most popular bandleaders of the Swing Era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Holy Cross Cemetery