George Robert Crosby
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George Robert Crosby, better known as Bob Crosby, was an American jazz singer and bandleader famed for leading the Bob Crosby Orchestra and the Dixieland-style Bobcats in the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
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| George Robert Crosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19346698 — 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: George Robert Crosby Context triple: [Bob Crosby, birthName, George Robert Crosby]
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A.
Don Crosby
Don Crosby was an Australian character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Michael Holbrook
Michael Holbrook is a personal name most notably associated with individuals in English-speaking countries, sometimes appearing as a given and family name combination.
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C.
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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D.
Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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E.
Louis Rogers
Louis Rogers is the given name of 19th-century American baseball player Pete Browning, a prominent early major league hitter and one of the sport’s first stars.
- 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: George Robert Crosby Target entity description: George Robert Crosby, better known as Bob Crosby, was an American jazz singer and bandleader famed for leading the Bob Crosby Orchestra and the Dixieland-style Bobcats in the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
Don Crosby
Don Crosby was an Australian character actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Michael Holbrook
Michael Holbrook is a personal name most notably associated with individuals in English-speaking countries, sometimes appearing as a given and family name combination.
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C.
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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D.
Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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E.
Louis Rogers
Louis Rogers is the given name of 19th-century American baseball player Pete Browning, a prominent early major league hitter and one of the sport’s first stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
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