Thomas
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Thomas is the given name of Thomas de Quincey, the 19th-century English essayist best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20312005 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Thomas de Quincey, givenName, Thomas]
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a prominent 19th-century British peer and landowner.
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Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of former NFL quarterback Tommy Maddox, who notably played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the 2001 XFL championship.
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Thomas
Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of Thomas de Quincey, the 19th-century English essayist best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of the 19th-century Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, known for his influential Gothic and horror fiction.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of the English chemist and author William Thomas Brande, known for his influential 19th-century works in chemistry.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
de Quincey