Runyon
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Runyon is the surname of Damon Runyon, the American newspaperman and short-story writer best known for his Broadway tales that inspired the musical "Guys and Dolls."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runyon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20870553 — 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: Runyon Context triple: [Damon Runyon, familyName, Runyon]
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A.
Rinehart
Rinehart is a small unincorporated community located in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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B.
Cahan
Cahan is a surname most notably associated with Abraham Cahan, a prominent Jewish-American writer, socialist, and founding editor of the Yiddish newspaper The Forward.
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C.
Comden
Comden is the surname of Betty Comden, the renowned American lyricist, screenwriter, and part of the celebrated musical-comedy duo Comden and Green.
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D.
Kovach
Kovach is a surname of Eastern European origin, commonly found among people of Hungarian or Slavic descent and often representing an anglicized form of similar regional names.
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E.
Rubenfeld
Rubenfeld is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Paul Reubens, best known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman.
- 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: Runyon Target entity description: Runyon is the surname of Damon Runyon, the American newspaperman and short-story writer best known for his Broadway tales that inspired the musical "Guys and Dolls."
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A.
Rinehart
Rinehart is a small unincorporated community located in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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B.
Cahan
Cahan is a surname most notably associated with Abraham Cahan, a prominent Jewish-American writer, socialist, and founding editor of the Yiddish newspaper The Forward.
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C.
Comden
Comden is the surname of Betty Comden, the renowned American lyricist, screenwriter, and part of the celebrated musical-comedy duo Comden and Green.
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D.
Kovach
Kovach is a surname of Eastern European origin, commonly found among people of Hungarian or Slavic descent and often representing an anglicized form of similar regional names.
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E.
Rubenfeld
Rubenfeld is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Paul Reubens, best known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.