Howard Thomas Markey
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Howard Thomas Markey was an American judge who served as the first chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and was influential in the development of modern patent law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard Thomas Markey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21828149 — 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: Howard Thomas Markey Context triple: [Howard T. Markey, fullName, Howard Thomas Markey]
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A.
David Scott Foley
David Scott Foley is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for starring in the sitcom NewsRadio.
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B.
Bob Scott
Bob Scott was an Australian rules football field umpire best known for officiating the 1934 Victorian Football League Grand Final.
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C.
William Gillespie
William Gillespie was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous comedies, including those produced by Hal Roach.
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D.
Michael J. McCulley
Michael J. McCulley is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy submariner who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.
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E.
Duncan Sullivan
Duncan Sullivan is a minor character on the television show "Friends," known as Phoebe Buffay’s gay Canadian ice dancer husband whom she married to help him get a green card.
- 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: Howard Thomas Markey Target entity description: Howard Thomas Markey was an American judge who served as the first chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and was influential in the development of modern patent law.
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A.
David Scott Foley
David Scott Foley is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for starring in the sitcom NewsRadio.
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B.
Bob Scott
Bob Scott was an Australian rules football field umpire best known for officiating the 1934 Victorian Football League Grand Final.
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C.
William Gillespie
William Gillespie was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous comedies, including those produced by Hal Roach.
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D.
Michael J. McCulley
Michael J. McCulley is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy submariner who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.
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E.
Duncan Sullivan
Duncan Sullivan is a minor character on the television show "Friends," known as Phoebe Buffay’s gay Canadian ice dancer husband whom she married to help him get a green card.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.