Lance Gates
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Lance Gates was a criminal suspect whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Illinois v. Gates, which reshaped the standard for determining probable cause based on anonymous tips.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lance Gates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21190205 — 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: Lance Gates Context triple: [Illinois v. Gates, party, Lance Gates]
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A.
Lance Guest
Lance Guest is an American actor best known for starring in the science fiction film "The Last Starfighter" and appearing in movies such as "Halloween II."
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B.
Lance Sullivan
Lance Sullivan is a central character in the romantic comedy-drama film series "The Best Man," known as a successful professional athlete whose personal relationships and moral choices drive much of the story’s emotional conflict.
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C.
Lance Johnson
Lance Johnson is a film producer known for his work on the biographical comedy-drama "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."
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D.
Lance Chambers
Lance Chambers is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Chambers surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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E.
Lance Clayton
Lance Clayton is the lonely, frustrated high school poetry teacher and aspiring writer portrayed by Robin Williams in the dark comedy film "World's Greatest Dad."
- 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: Lance Gates Target entity description: Lance Gates was a criminal suspect whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Illinois v. Gates, which reshaped the standard for determining probable cause based on anonymous tips.
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A.
Lance Guest
Lance Guest is an American actor best known for starring in the science fiction film "The Last Starfighter" and appearing in movies such as "Halloween II."
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B.
Lance Sullivan
Lance Sullivan is a central character in the romantic comedy-drama film series "The Best Man," known as a successful professional athlete whose personal relationships and moral choices drive much of the story’s emotional conflict.
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C.
Lance Johnson
Lance Johnson is a film producer known for his work on the biographical comedy-drama "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."
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D.
Lance Chambers
Lance Chambers is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Chambers surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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E.
Lance Clayton
Lance Clayton is the lonely, frustrated high school poetry teacher and aspiring writer portrayed by Robin Williams in the dark comedy film "World's Greatest Dad."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.