Dr. Ossian Sweet
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Dr. Ossian Sweet was an African American physician whose 1925 trial for defending his Detroit home against a white mob became a landmark civil rights case challenging racial housing segregation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dr. Ossian Sweet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19751756 — 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: Dr. Ossian Sweet Context triple: [Henry Turner, associatedWith, Dr. Ossian Sweet]
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A.
Dr. Otis Cole
Dr. Otis Cole is a fictional physician and one of the main characters on the medical drama television series "Off the Map," which follows doctors working in a remote South American clinic.
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B.
Dr. Leland Goines
Dr. Leland Goines is a fictional scientist and influential figure in the TV series "12 Monkeys," known for her pivotal role in the origins of the virus central to the show's plot.
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C.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
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D.
Alonzo Mosely
Alonzo Mosely is a no-nonsense FBI agent in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run," known for his tense and often humorous clashes with bounty hunter Jack Walsh.
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E.
Dr. George Coleman
Dr. George Coleman is the main veterinarian protagonist in the sitcom "Animal Practice," known for his brilliant but arrogant demeanor and complicated relationships with both colleagues and animals.
- 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: Dr. Ossian Sweet Target entity description: Dr. Ossian Sweet was an African American physician whose 1925 trial for defending his Detroit home against a white mob became a landmark civil rights case challenging racial housing segregation.
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A.
Dr. Otis Cole
Dr. Otis Cole is a fictional physician and one of the main characters on the medical drama television series "Off the Map," which follows doctors working in a remote South American clinic.
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B.
Dr. Leland Goines
Dr. Leland Goines is a fictional scientist and influential figure in the TV series "12 Monkeys," known for her pivotal role in the origins of the virus central to the show's plot.
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C.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
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D.
Alonzo Mosely
Alonzo Mosely is a no-nonsense FBI agent in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run," known for his tense and often humorous clashes with bounty hunter Jack Walsh.
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E.
Dr. George Coleman
Dr. George Coleman is the main veterinarian protagonist in the sitcom "Animal Practice," known for his brilliant but arrogant demeanor and complicated relationships with both colleagues and animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.