John Day (hunter and trapper)
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John Day was an early 19th-century American frontiersman, hunter, and trapper associated with the Pacific Northwest fur trade, for whom Oregon’s John Day River is named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Day (hunter and trapper) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18442024 — 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: John Day (hunter and trapper) Context triple: [John Day River, namedAfter, John Day (hunter and trapper)]
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A.
Henry Weber (trapper)
Henry Weber was a 19th-century trapper and frontiersman after whom Utah’s Weber River is named.
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B.
James Beckwourth
James Beckwourth was a 19th-century African American mountain man, fur trapper, explorer, and scout known for his role in the American West and for discovering Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
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C.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
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D.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film about a reclusive mountain man surviving in the Rocky Mountains, starring Robert Redford and directed by Sydney Pollack.
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E.
Hugh Glass
Hugh Glass was a 19th-century American frontiersman and fur trapper famed for surviving a brutal grizzly bear attack and an arduous journey of hundreds of miles to safety.
- 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: John Day (hunter and trapper) Target entity description: John Day was an early 19th-century American frontiersman, hunter, and trapper associated with the Pacific Northwest fur trade, for whom Oregon’s John Day River is named.
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A.
Henry Weber (trapper)
Henry Weber was a 19th-century trapper and frontiersman after whom Utah’s Weber River is named.
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B.
James Beckwourth
James Beckwourth was a 19th-century African American mountain man, fur trapper, explorer, and scout known for his role in the American West and for discovering Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
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C.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
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D.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film about a reclusive mountain man surviving in the Rocky Mountains, starring Robert Redford and directed by Sydney Pollack.
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E.
Hugh Glass
Hugh Glass was a 19th-century American frontiersman and fur trapper famed for surviving a brutal grizzly bear attack and an arduous journey of hundreds of miles to safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.