Rob Dean
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Rob Dean is an English guitarist best known for his work with the influential new wave band Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rob Dean canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18820133 — 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: Rob Dean Context triple: [Japan (band), member, Rob Dean]
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A.
Darrin Dean
Darrin Dean is a hip-hop music producer best known for his work on DMX’s debut album "It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot."
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B.
Paul Dean
Paul Dean is one of the children of Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont and onetime Democratic presidential candidate.
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C.
Paul Dean
Paul Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, best known as a key member of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s and the younger brother of Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean.
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D.
Gordon Dean
Gordon Dean was an American lawyer and government official best known for leading U.S. nuclear policy and weapons development as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in the early Cold War era.
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E.
Bruce Decker
Bruce Decker is a musician known for being a member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.
- 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: Rob Dean Target entity description: Rob Dean is an English guitarist best known for his work with the influential new wave band Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Darrin Dean
Darrin Dean is a hip-hop music producer best known for his work on DMX’s debut album "It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot."
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B.
Paul Dean
Paul Dean is one of the children of Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont and onetime Democratic presidential candidate.
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C.
Paul Dean
Paul Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, best known as a key member of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s and the younger brother of Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean.
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D.
Gordon Dean
Gordon Dean was an American lawyer and government official best known for leading U.S. nuclear policy and weapons development as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in the early Cold War era.
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E.
Bruce Decker
Bruce Decker is a musician known for being a member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.