Howard McLaughlin
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Howard McLaughlin is the young protagonist of the 1941 children's novel "My Friend Flicka," whose coming-of-age story centers on his bond with a spirited horse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard McLaughlin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18029701 — 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: Howard McLaughlin Context triple: [Flicka, mainCharacter, Howard McLaughlin]
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A.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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B.
Stuart E. McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
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C.
Philip Keenan
Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
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D.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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E.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
- 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: Howard McLaughlin Target entity description: Howard McLaughlin is the young protagonist of the 1941 children's novel "My Friend Flicka," whose coming-of-age story centers on his bond with a spirited horse.
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A.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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B.
Stuart E. McGowan
Stuart E. McGowan was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for his work on Western films.
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C.
Philip Keenan
Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
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D.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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E.
Robert J. McManus
Robert J. McManus is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
film "Flicka"