Wilson Price Hunt
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Wilson Price Hunt was an American frontiersman and explorer best known for leading the overland expedition that helped establish John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company presence in the Pacific Northwest.
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| Wilson Price Hunt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19763662 — 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: Wilson Price Hunt Context triple: [Pacific Fur Company, employed, Wilson Price Hunt]
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A.
Stephen Harriman Long
Stephen Harriman Long was a 19th-century American army engineer and explorer best known for his expeditions in the American West and for designing the "Long" covered bridge truss.
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B.
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
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C.
William Clark
William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
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D.
William Clark
William Clark was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and is particularly associated with representing the Kensington South constituency.
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E.
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and politician best known for co-leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition that charted the newly acquired western territories of the United States.
- 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: Wilson Price Hunt Target entity description: Wilson Price Hunt was an American frontiersman and explorer best known for leading the overland expedition that helped establish John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company presence in the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
Stephen Harriman Long
Stephen Harriman Long was a 19th-century American army engineer and explorer best known for his expeditions in the American West and for designing the "Long" covered bridge truss.
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B.
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
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C.
William Clark
William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
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D.
William Clark
William Clark was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and is particularly associated with representing the Kensington South constituency.
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E.
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and politician best known for co-leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition that charted the newly acquired western territories of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.