William MacVicar
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William MacVicar is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacVicar surname.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William MacVicar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18216489 — 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: William MacVicar Context triple: [MacVicar, hasNotableBearer, William MacVicar]
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A.
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert C. O'Brien was the pen name of American author Robert Leslie Conly, best known for his Newbery Medal–winning children's novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH."
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B.
Robert Emmett McDonough
Robert Emmett McDonough was an American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Georgetown University to name its McDonough School of Business in his honor.
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C.
John A. MacQuarrie
John A. MacQuarrie was an American sculptor best known for his public monuments and commemorative works in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
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E.
Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert R. O'Conor was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maryland and later as a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
- 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: William MacVicar Target entity description: William MacVicar is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacVicar surname.
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A.
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert C. O'Brien was the pen name of American author Robert Leslie Conly, best known for his Newbery Medal–winning children's novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH."
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B.
Robert Emmett McDonough
Robert Emmett McDonough was an American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Georgetown University to name its McDonough School of Business in his honor.
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C.
John A. MacQuarrie
John A. MacQuarrie was an American sculptor best known for his public monuments and commemorative works in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edward P. Doherty
Edward P. Doherty was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading the detachment that captured and killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia.
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E.
Herbert R. O'Conor
Herbert R. O'Conor was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maryland and later as a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.