Richard Sumner
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Richard Sumner is the efficiency expert and computer engineer who introduces an early mainframe computer to a television network’s research department in the classic film "Desk Set."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Sumner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20882844 — 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: Richard Sumner Context triple: [Desk Set, featuresCharacter, Richard Sumner]
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A.
John Bird Sumner
John Bird Sumner was a 19th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and was known for his evangelical views within the Church of England.
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B.
Warren Sharples
Warren Sharples is a musician known for being a member of the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
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C.
Charles Bingham
Charles Bingham was a 19th-century figure best known as a son of the prominent American missionary Hiram Bingham I, who played a key role in early Protestant missions to Hawaii.
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D.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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E.
James Fawcett
James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
- 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: Richard Sumner Target entity description: Richard Sumner is the efficiency expert and computer engineer who introduces an early mainframe computer to a television network’s research department in the classic film "Desk Set."
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A.
John Bird Sumner
John Bird Sumner was a 19th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and was known for his evangelical views within the Church of England.
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B.
Warren Sharples
Warren Sharples is a musician known for being a member of the new wave band Tom Tom Club.
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C.
Charles Bingham
Charles Bingham was a 19th-century figure best known as a son of the prominent American missionary Hiram Bingham I, who played a key role in early Protestant missions to Hawaii.
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D.
Charles Heath
Charles Heath was a prominent 19th-century English engraver known for his book illustrations and contributions to the popularization of steel engraving.
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E.
James Fawcett
James Fawcett was an architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.