William Almy
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William Almy was an American textile entrepreneur and early industrialist who partnered with Samuel Slater in pioneering the U.S. cotton textile industry in the late 18th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Almy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21215950 — 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: William Almy Context triple: [Samuel Slater, businessPartner, William Almy]
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A.
William P. Wood
William P. Wood is an American author best known for writing crime and legal thrillers, including the novel that inspired the film "Rampage."
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B.
John H. Dimond
John H. Dimond was a prominent Alaskan jurist and early state leader who played a key role in shaping Alaska’s legal and constitutional foundations.
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C.
Samuel F. Hersey
Samuel F. Hersey was a 19th-century American lumber baron, philanthropist, and politician from Maine who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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D.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
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E.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: William Almy Target entity description: William Almy was an American textile entrepreneur and early industrialist who partnered with Samuel Slater in pioneering the U.S. cotton textile industry in the late 18th century.
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A.
William P. Wood
William P. Wood is an American author best known for writing crime and legal thrillers, including the novel that inspired the film "Rampage."
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B.
John H. Dimond
John H. Dimond was a prominent Alaskan jurist and early state leader who played a key role in shaping Alaska’s legal and constitutional foundations.
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C.
Samuel F. Hersey
Samuel F. Hersey was a 19th-century American lumber baron, philanthropist, and politician from Maine who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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D.
Joseph Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably associated with the surname Holbrook but who has no widely documented public prominence.
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E.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.