Old Ben
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Old Ben is the legendary, almost mythic bear in William Faulkner’s fiction, embodying the untamed wilderness and the fading frontier of the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Ben canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21447168 — 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: Old Ben Context triple: [The Bear, centralSymbol, Old Ben]
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A.
Auld Jock
Auld Jock is the elderly Scottish night watchman whose loyal Skye terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, famously guarded his grave, inspiring the beloved true story and subsequent adaptations.
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B.
Cambus O’May
Cambus O’May is a small rural hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its scenic setting by the River Dee and traditional countryside character.
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C.
Old Salt
Old Salt is a nickname for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), one of the U.S. Navy’s longest-serving and most iconic nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
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D.
Souter Johnnie
Souter Johnnie is a jovial cobbler character from Robert Burns’s narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter," known as the protagonist’s hard-drinking companion.
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E.
Papa Stour
Papa Stour is a small, rugged island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, noted for its dramatic sea caves, cliffs, and rich seabird life.
- 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: Old Ben Target entity description: Old Ben is the legendary, almost mythic bear in William Faulkner’s fiction, embodying the untamed wilderness and the fading frontier of the American South.
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A.
Auld Jock
Auld Jock is the elderly Scottish night watchman whose loyal Skye terrier, Greyfriars Bobby, famously guarded his grave, inspiring the beloved true story and subsequent adaptations.
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B.
Cambus O’May
Cambus O’May is a small rural hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its scenic setting by the River Dee and traditional countryside character.
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C.
Old Salt
Old Salt is a nickname for the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), one of the U.S. Navy’s longest-serving and most iconic nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
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D.
Souter Johnnie
Souter Johnnie is a jovial cobbler character from Robert Burns’s narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter," known as the protagonist’s hard-drinking companion.
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E.
Papa Stour
Papa Stour is a small, rugged island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, noted for its dramatic sea caves, cliffs, and rich seabird life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.