Lester Sterling
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Lester Sterling was a Jamaican saxophonist and trumpeter best known as a founding member of the pioneering ska band The Skatalites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lester Sterling canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21661563 — 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: Lester Sterling Context triple: [The Skatalites, notableMember, Lester Sterling]
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A.
Lester Crown
Lester Crown is an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist, best known as a leading member of Chicago’s influential Crown family and a longtime figure in the aerospace and defense industry.
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B.
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
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C.
Lester Townsend
Lester Townsend is a fictional United Nations diplomat whose mistaken identity is central to the plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
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D.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
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E.
Lester Melroe
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
- 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: Lester Sterling Target entity description: Lester Sterling was a Jamaican saxophonist and trumpeter best known as a founding member of the pioneering ska band The Skatalites.
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A.
Lester Crown
Lester Crown is an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist, best known as a leading member of Chicago’s influential Crown family and a longtime figure in the aerospace and defense industry.
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B.
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
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C.
Lester Townsend
Lester Townsend is a fictional United Nations diplomat whose mistaken identity is central to the plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
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D.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
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E.
Lester Melroe
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.