Percy Crosby
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Percy Crosby was an American cartoonist, writer, and creator of the popular early 20th-century comic strip "Skippy."
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| Percy Crosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18885929 — 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: Percy Crosby Context triple: [Crosby, hasNotableBearer, Percy Crosby]
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A.
Howard Crosby
Howard Crosby was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, educator, and chancellor of New York University known for his religious leadership and scholarly work.
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B.
Percy Hilburn
Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
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C.
Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons was an American character actor known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in crime, horror, and mystery films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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E.
Edward Gleason
Edward Gleason is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Gleason, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
- 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: Percy Crosby Target entity description: Percy Crosby was an American cartoonist, writer, and creator of the popular early 20th-century comic strip "Skippy."
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A.
Howard Crosby
Howard Crosby was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, educator, and chancellor of New York University known for his religious leadership and scholarly work.
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B.
Percy Hilburn
Percy Hilburn was a cinematographer active during the silent film era, known for his work on major productions such as the 1925 epic "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
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C.
Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons was an American character actor known for his distinctive gaunt appearance and frequent roles in crime, horror, and mystery films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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E.
Edward Gleason
Edward Gleason is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Gleason, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
- F. None of above. chosen
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