Edwin J. Brown
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Edwin J. Brown was a dentist and politician who served as the mayor of Seattle in the early 1920s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edwin J. Brown canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12598661 — 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: Edwin J. Brown Context triple: [Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, notableBurial, Edwin J. Brown]
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A.
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
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B.
Edwin T. Meredith
Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
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C.
George T. Brown
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
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D.
Luther M. Borden
Luther M. Borden was a Rhode Island militia officer best known as the named defendant in the landmark 1849 U.S. Supreme Court case Luther v. Borden, which addressed the political question doctrine and the legitimacy of state governments.
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E.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
- 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: Edwin J. Brown Target entity description: Edwin J. Brown was a dentist and politician who served as the mayor of Seattle in the early 1920s.
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A.
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
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B.
Edwin T. Meredith
Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
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C.
George T. Brown
George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
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D.
Luther M. Borden
Luther M. Borden was a Rhode Island militia officer best known as the named defendant in the landmark 1849 U.S. Supreme Court case Luther v. Borden, which addressed the political question doctrine and the legitimacy of state governments.
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E.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.