Whyte system
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The Whyte system is a locomotive classification scheme that denotes steam locomotive wheel arrangements using a sequence of numbers separated by hyphens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Whyte system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19972503 — 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: Whyte system Context triple: [Frederick Methvan Whyte, hasNameInNotation, Whyte system]
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A.
Whyte
Whyte is a less common variant spelling of the surname and color term "White," often found in Scottish and English family names.
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B.
Deyer system
The Deyer system is a star system in the Star Wars galaxy known for its gas giant Bespin and the floating mining colony of Cloud City.
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C.
Thorne system
The Thorne system is a classification framework in botany used to organize flowering plants based on their evolutionary relationships.
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D.
Dewar
Dewar is a Scottish surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Engler system
The Engler system is a historical botanical classification framework developed by Adolf Engler that organized plants primarily by morphological characteristics and was widely used before modern phylogenetic systems.
- 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: Whyte system Target entity description: The Whyte system is a locomotive classification scheme that denotes steam locomotive wheel arrangements using a sequence of numbers separated by hyphens.
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A.
Whyte
Whyte is a less common variant spelling of the surname and color term "White," often found in Scottish and English family names.
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B.
Deyer system
The Deyer system is a star system in the Star Wars galaxy known for its gas giant Bespin and the floating mining colony of Cloud City.
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C.
Thorne system
The Thorne system is a classification framework in botany used to organize flowering plants based on their evolutionary relationships.
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D.
Dewar
Dewar is a Scottish surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Engler system
The Engler system is a historical botanical classification framework developed by Adolf Engler that organized plants primarily by morphological characteristics and was widely used before modern phylogenetic systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.