Dick Halligan
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Dick Halligan was an American musician, composer, and arranger best known as a founding trombonist and keyboardist of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19645842 — 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)
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Target entity: Dick Halligan Context triple: [Blood, Sweat & Tears, originalMember, Dick Halligan]
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Daryl Halligan
Daryl Halligan is a former New Zealand rugby league footballer renowned as one of the game’s greatest goal-kickers and a key player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the New Zealand national team.
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B.
Finley Hobbins
Finley Hobbins is a young American actor best known for his role in Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Dumbo" (2019).
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C.
Austin Hopkinson
Austin Hopkinson was a British industrialist and Conservative politician known for his work in engineering and his tenure as a Member of Parliament in the early 20th century.
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D.
Evan Harrington
Evan Harrington is a Victorian novel by George Meredith that satirically explores class, identity, and social pretensions through the story of a tailor’s son navigating English high society.
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E.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
- 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: Dick Halligan Target entity description: Dick Halligan was an American musician, composer, and arranger best known as a founding trombonist and keyboardist of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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A.
Daryl Halligan
Daryl Halligan is a former New Zealand rugby league footballer renowned as one of the game’s greatest goal-kickers and a key player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the New Zealand national team.
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B.
Finley Hobbins
Finley Hobbins is a young American actor best known for his role in Disney’s live-action adaptation of "Dumbo" (2019).
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C.
Austin Hopkinson
Austin Hopkinson was a British industrialist and Conservative politician known for his work in engineering and his tenure as a Member of Parliament in the early 20th century.
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D.
Evan Harrington
Evan Harrington is a Victorian novel by George Meredith that satirically explores class, identity, and social pretensions through the story of a tailor’s son navigating English high society.
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E.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.