Albert Leo Sullivan
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Albert Leo Sullivan was one of the five Sullivan brothers from Iowa who all served and died together aboard the USS Juneau during World War II, inspiring the U.S. Navy to name the destroyer USS The Sullivans in their honor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Albert Leo Sullivan canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21157053 — 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: Albert Leo Sullivan Context triple: [USS The Sullivans (DD-537), namedAfter, Albert Leo Sullivan]
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A.
John Florence Sullivan
John Florence Sullivan was the birth name of Fred Allen, a prominent American comedian and radio personality of the early 20th century.
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B.
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan is the large, blue, furry monster who serves as the top scarer and later a caring father figure in Pixar's animated film series Monsters, Inc.
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C.
William Henry O’Connell
William Henry O’Connell was a prominent early 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who wielded significant religious and political influence as the longtime leader of the Boston church.
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D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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E.
L. B. Sullivan
L. B. Sullivan was a Montgomery, Alabama public official whose defamation lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established the “actual malice” standard for libel actions involving public officials.
- 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: Albert Leo Sullivan Target entity description: Albert Leo Sullivan was one of the five Sullivan brothers from Iowa who all served and died together aboard the USS Juneau during World War II, inspiring the U.S. Navy to name the destroyer USS The Sullivans in their honor.
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A.
John Florence Sullivan
John Florence Sullivan was the birth name of Fred Allen, a prominent American comedian and radio personality of the early 20th century.
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B.
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan is the large, blue, furry monster who serves as the top scarer and later a caring father figure in Pixar's animated film series Monsters, Inc.
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C.
William Henry O’Connell
William Henry O’Connell was a prominent early 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who wielded significant religious and political influence as the longtime leader of the Boston church.
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D.
Joseph Gargan
Joseph Gargan was an American lawyer and political operative, a cousin and close associate of Senator Ted Kennedy who became known for his involvement in and later criticism of Kennedy’s actions surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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E.
L. B. Sullivan
L. B. Sullivan was a Montgomery, Alabama public official whose defamation lawsuit led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which established the “actual malice” standard for libel actions involving public officials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.