John Todd
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John Todd was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Kentucky pioneer whose leadership and frontier service led to places like Todd County, Kentucky being named in his honor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Todd canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18559443 — 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 Todd Context triple: [Todd County, Kentucky, namedAfter, John Todd]
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A.
John Todd
John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
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B.
John Todd
John Todd is a prominent member of the Todd family, recognized for his significant role and influence within this historically notable lineage.
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C.
Donald Todd
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
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D.
John Todd Jr.
John Todd Jr. was an American lawyer best known as the first husband of future First Lady Dolley Madison, who died during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia.
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E.
David Todd
David Todd was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Kentucky, best known as a member of the prominent Todd family that included Mary Todd Lincoln.
- 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 Todd Target entity description: John Todd was an American Revolutionary War officer and early Kentucky pioneer whose leadership and frontier service led to places like Todd County, Kentucky being named in his honor.
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A.
John Todd
John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
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B.
John Todd
John Todd is a prominent member of the Todd family, recognized for his significant role and influence within this historically notable lineage.
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C.
Donald Todd
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
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D.
John Todd Jr.
John Todd Jr. was an American lawyer best known as the first husband of future First Lady Dolley Madison, who died during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia.
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E.
David Todd
David Todd was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Kentucky, best known as a member of the prominent Todd family that included Mary Todd Lincoln.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.