Cordelia Waterman
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Cordelia Waterman was a local woman after whom the community of Cordelia, California, was named, likely reflecting her or her family’s early significance in the area’s history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cordelia Waterman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20133957 — 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: Cordelia Waterman Context triple: [Cordelia, California, namedFor, Cordelia Waterman]
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A.
Cordelia Naismith
Cordelia Naismith is the intelligent, principled starship captain and later political leader who serves as the central protagonist in Lois McMaster Bujold’s early Vorkosigan Saga novels.
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B.
Cordelia Knott
Cordelia Knott was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who helped transform her family’s berry stand and fried chicken restaurant into the famed Southern California theme park Knott’s Berry Farm.
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C.
Cordelia Scaife May
Cordelia Scaife May was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her substantial Mellon family inheritance and for funding influential anti-immigration and population control organizations.
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D.
Cordelia Cole Butler
Cordelia Cole Butler was the wife of American lawyer, abolitionist, and university founder Ovid Butler, and a member of the prominent Butler family of Indiana.
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E.
Cordelia Fisher
Cordelia Fisher was a member of the prominent Fisher family connected to British intellectual and social circles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Cordelia Waterman Target entity description: Cordelia Waterman was a local woman after whom the community of Cordelia, California, was named, likely reflecting her or her family’s early significance in the area’s history.
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A.
Cordelia Naismith
Cordelia Naismith is the intelligent, principled starship captain and later political leader who serves as the central protagonist in Lois McMaster Bujold’s early Vorkosigan Saga novels.
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B.
Cordelia Knott
Cordelia Knott was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who helped transform her family’s berry stand and fried chicken restaurant into the famed Southern California theme park Knott’s Berry Farm.
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C.
Cordelia Scaife May
Cordelia Scaife May was an American heiress and philanthropist known for her substantial Mellon family inheritance and for funding influential anti-immigration and population control organizations.
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D.
Cordelia Cole Butler
Cordelia Cole Butler was the wife of American lawyer, abolitionist, and university founder Ovid Butler, and a member of the prominent Butler family of Indiana.
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E.
Cordelia Fisher
Cordelia Fisher was a member of the prominent Fisher family connected to British intellectual and social circles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.