Flipper
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Flipper is a surname most notably associated with Henry O. Flipper, the first African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flipper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19799059 — 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: Flipper Context triple: [Henry O. Flipper, familyName, Flipper]
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A.
Flipper
Flipper is a 1996 family adventure film starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan about a boy who befriends a dolphin in the Florida Keys.
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B.
Flipper
Flipper is an influential American punk rock band from San Francisco, known for their slow, heavy, and noisy sound that helped shape the grunge and alternative rock movements.
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C.
Flipper Purify
Flipper Purify is the successful African-American architect and central protagonist in Spike Lee’s film "Jungle Fever," whose interracial affair drives the movie’s exploration of race, desire, and social tension.
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D.
Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco the Dolphin is a classic action-adventure video game series starring a time-traveling dolphin exploring underwater worlds and solving environmental puzzles.
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E.
Tark the Shark
Tark the Shark is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, known for his successful and often controversial tenure at UNLV.
- 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: Flipper Target entity description: Flipper is a surname most notably associated with Henry O. Flipper, the first African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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A.
Flipper
Flipper is a 1996 family adventure film starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan about a boy who befriends a dolphin in the Florida Keys.
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B.
Flipper
Flipper is an influential American punk rock band from San Francisco, known for their slow, heavy, and noisy sound that helped shape the grunge and alternative rock movements.
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C.
Flipper Purify
Flipper Purify is the successful African-American architect and central protagonist in Spike Lee’s film "Jungle Fever," whose interracial affair drives the movie’s exploration of race, desire, and social tension.
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D.
Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco the Dolphin is a classic action-adventure video game series starring a time-traveling dolphin exploring underwater worlds and solving environmental puzzles.
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E.
Tark the Shark
Tark the Shark is the famous nickname of Hall of Fame college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, known for his successful and often controversial tenure at UNLV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.