Alexander Robey Shepherd
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Alexander Robey Shepherd was a powerful 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for serving as the territorial governor of the District of Columbia and spearheading major modernization of Washington, D.C.'s infrastructure.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alexander Robey Shepherd canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21905023 — 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: Alexander Robey Shepherd Context triple: [Washington Star, foundedBy, Alexander Robey Shepherd]
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A.
Hunter Benedict Shepherd
Hunter Benedict Shepherd, better known as Ben Shepherd, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the longtime bassist for the rock band Soundgarden.
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B.
Christopher Shea
Christopher Shea was an American child actor best known for voicing Linus van Pelt in several classic Peanuts animated television specials.
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C.
Timothy Ivory Carpenter
Timothy Ivory Carpenter is the defendant whose challenge to the warrantless collection of his cell phone location data led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carpenter v. United States, which expanded Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
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D.
Jonathan Sheffer
Jonathan Sheffer is an American composer and conductor known for his work on film scores, concert music, and as the founder of the Eos Orchestra.
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E.
Alexander Rea
Alexander Rea was the individual after whom the Town of Alexander in New York was named, likely an early settler or prominent local figure in the area’s founding.
- 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: Alexander Robey Shepherd Target entity description: Alexander Robey Shepherd was a powerful 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for serving as the territorial governor of the District of Columbia and spearheading major modernization of Washington, D.C.'s infrastructure.
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A.
Hunter Benedict Shepherd
Hunter Benedict Shepherd, better known as Ben Shepherd, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the longtime bassist for the rock band Soundgarden.
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B.
Christopher Shea
Christopher Shea was an American child actor best known for voicing Linus van Pelt in several classic Peanuts animated television specials.
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C.
Timothy Ivory Carpenter
Timothy Ivory Carpenter is the defendant whose challenge to the warrantless collection of his cell phone location data led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carpenter v. United States, which expanded Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
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D.
Jonathan Sheffer
Jonathan Sheffer is an American composer and conductor known for his work on film scores, concert music, and as the founder of the Eos Orchestra.
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E.
Alexander Rea
Alexander Rea was the individual after whom the Town of Alexander in New York was named, likely an early settler or prominent local figure in the area’s founding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.