William Spinelli
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William Spinelli was the criminal defendant whose challenge to a gambling conviction led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Spinelli v. United States, which helped define standards for evaluating probable cause based on informants’ tips.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Spinelli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21190320 — 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 Spinelli Context triple: [Spinelli v. United States, petitioner, William Spinelli]
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A.
Giovanni Mauriello
Giovanni Mauriello is an Italian actor best known for his role in the 1983 film "Another Time, Another Place."
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B.
James Luisi
James Luisi was an American actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "The Rockford Files" and various crime and drama productions.
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C.
William Mastrosimone
William Mastrosimone is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his intense, socially charged dramas such as "Extremities" and "Bang Bang You're Dead."
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D.
Walter Fasano
Walter Fasano is an Italian film editor best known for his long-standing collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino on acclaimed films such as "I Am Love," "A Bigger Splash," and "Call Me by Your Name."
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E.
Giovanni Michelucci
Giovanni Michelucci was an influential 20th-century Italian architect and urban planner known for his modernist yet human-centered designs and major public works.
- 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 Spinelli Target entity description: William Spinelli was the criminal defendant whose challenge to a gambling conviction led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Spinelli v. United States, which helped define standards for evaluating probable cause based on informants’ tips.
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A.
Giovanni Mauriello
Giovanni Mauriello is an Italian actor best known for his role in the 1983 film "Another Time, Another Place."
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B.
James Luisi
James Luisi was an American actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "The Rockford Files" and various crime and drama productions.
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C.
William Mastrosimone
William Mastrosimone is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his intense, socially charged dramas such as "Extremities" and "Bang Bang You're Dead."
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D.
Walter Fasano
Walter Fasano is an Italian film editor best known for his long-standing collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino on acclaimed films such as "I Am Love," "A Bigger Splash," and "Call Me by Your Name."
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E.
Giovanni Michelucci
Giovanni Michelucci was an influential 20th-century Italian architect and urban planner known for his modernist yet human-centered designs and major public works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.