Ira D. Sankey
E1418659
UNEXPLORED
Ira D. Sankey was a prominent 19th-century American gospel singer, composer, and evangelist best known for his musical partnership with Dwight L. Moody and his influential hymn collections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ira D. Sankey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20230841 — 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: Ira D. Sankey Context triple: [Illinois Street Church, hasNotableMinister, Ira D. Sankey]
-
A.
Amos Spafford
Amos Spafford was an early American surveyor and pioneer known for his work mapping and developing lands in the Western Reserve region.
-
B.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
-
C.
Robert Lowry (hymn writer)
Robert Lowry was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and prolific composer of gospel hymns, best known for writing classics such as “Shall We Gather at the River?” and “Low in the Grave He Lay (Christ Arose).”
-
D.
Harry T. Burleigh
Harry T. Burleigh was an influential African American composer, arranger, and baritone known for popularizing spirituals in concert music and contributing significantly to American classical music.
-
E.
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby was a prolific 19th-century American hymn writer and poet, renowned for composing thousands of Christian hymns despite being blind from infancy.
- 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: Ira D. Sankey Target entity description: Ira D. Sankey was a prominent 19th-century American gospel singer, composer, and evangelist best known for his musical partnership with Dwight L. Moody and his influential hymn collections.
-
A.
Amos Spafford
Amos Spafford was an early American surveyor and pioneer known for his work mapping and developing lands in the Western Reserve region.
-
B.
Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
-
C.
Robert Lowry (hymn writer)
Robert Lowry was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and prolific composer of gospel hymns, best known for writing classics such as “Shall We Gather at the River?” and “Low in the Grave He Lay (Christ Arose).”
-
D.
Harry T. Burleigh
Harry T. Burleigh was an influential African American composer, arranger, and baritone known for popularizing spirituals in concert music and contributing significantly to American classical music.
-
E.
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby was a prolific 19th-century American hymn writer and poet, renowned for composing thousands of Christian hymns despite being blind from infancy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.