Hickey
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Hickey is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, and politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hickey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20176734 — 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: Hickey Context triple: [John Benjamin Hickey, familyName, Hickey]
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A.
Hickey
Hickey is the charismatic yet unsettling traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the emotional and philosophical unraveling of the barroom denizens in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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B.
Hicks
Hicks is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
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C.
Hick
Hick is a 2011 coming-of-age drama film about a young Nebraska girl who hitchhikes to Las Vegas and encounters a series of dangerous and transformative experiences.
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D.
Hickling
Hickling is a village in Norfolk, England, known for its proximity to the large wetland nature reserve Hickling Broad in the Norfolk Broads.
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E.
Hickling
Hickling is the middle name of the renowned 19th-century American historian William H. Prescott, noted for his works on the Spanish Empire.
- 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: Hickey Target entity description: Hickey is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, and politics.
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A.
Hickey
Hickey is the charismatic yet unsettling traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the emotional and philosophical unraveling of the barroom denizens in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
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B.
Hicks
Hicks is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, sports, entertainment, and other fields.
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C.
Hick
Hick is a 2011 coming-of-age drama film about a young Nebraska girl who hitchhikes to Las Vegas and encounters a series of dangerous and transformative experiences.
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D.
Hickling
Hickling is a village in Norfolk, England, known for its proximity to the large wetland nature reserve Hickling Broad in the Norfolk Broads.
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E.
Hickling
Hickling is the middle name of the renowned 19th-century American historian William H. Prescott, noted for his works on the Spanish Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.