Herbert Yost
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Herbert Yost was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his work with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herbert Yost canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20296205 — 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: Herbert Yost Context triple: [The Adventures of Dollie, hasCastMember, Herbert Yost]
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A.
Walter Schubart
Walter Schubart was a 20th-century German-Jewish philosopher and scholar known for his work in religious and cultural philosophy and for mentoring figures such as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
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B.
Otto Reiniger
Otto Reiniger was a German landscape painter associated with the Stuttgart art scene in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Walter Scharf
Walter Scharf was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work in film and television scores during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Alfred Nehring
Alfred Nehring was a German philologist and linguist known for his work on Slavic and Baltic languages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bert E. Friedlob
Bert E. Friedlob was an American film producer active in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s, known for backing several notable studio features.
- 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: Herbert Yost Target entity description: Herbert Yost was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his work with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.
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A.
Walter Schubart
Walter Schubart was a 20th-century German-Jewish philosopher and scholar known for his work in religious and cultural philosophy and for mentoring figures such as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
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B.
Otto Reiniger
Otto Reiniger was a German landscape painter associated with the Stuttgart art scene in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Walter Scharf
Walter Scharf was an American composer, arranger, and conductor best known for his prolific work in film and television scores during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Alfred Nehring
Alfred Nehring was a German philologist and linguist known for his work on Slavic and Baltic languages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bert E. Friedlob
Bert E. Friedlob was an American film producer active in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s, known for backing several notable studio features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.