Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)
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Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) is a collection of linguistic and ethnographic documentation compiled by anthropologist Melville Jacobs, focusing on the Cowlitz Salish language and related cultural materials from the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
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| Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19219908 — 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: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) Context triple: [Cowlitz Salish, documentedBy, Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)]
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A.
linguist David Mead
David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
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B.
R. M. W. Dixon
R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
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C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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D.
linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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E.
linguist Karl V. Teeter
Karl V. Teeter was an American linguist known for his work on Native American languages, particularly in documenting and analyzing endangered Algonquian and related languages.
- 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: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) Target entity description: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) is a collection of linguistic and ethnographic documentation compiled by anthropologist Melville Jacobs, focusing on the Cowlitz Salish language and related cultural materials from the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
linguist David Mead
David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
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B.
R. M. W. Dixon
R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
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C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
-
D.
linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
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E.
linguist Karl V. Teeter
Karl V. Teeter was an American linguist known for his work on Native American languages, particularly in documenting and analyzing endangered Algonquian and related languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.