Alan Reid
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Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22334061 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Reid Context triple: [Dunoon Grammar School, hasNotableAlumni, Alan Reid]
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A.
Ian Caldwell
Ian Caldwell is an American novelist best known for co-authoring the bestselling historical thriller "The Rule of Four."
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B.
Roy Kinnear
Roy Kinnear was a British character actor known for his comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in movies like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and various Richard Lester films.
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C.
Robert John Reed
Robert John Reed is a British judge who serves as the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Paul Dempster
Paul Dempster is a central character in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose unusual birth, troubled upbringing, and later transformation into the illusionist Magnus Eisengrim profoundly shape the story’s exploration of guilt, identity, and destiny.
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E.
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
- 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: Alan Reid Target entity description: Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015.
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A.
Ian Caldwell
Ian Caldwell is an American novelist best known for co-authoring the bestselling historical thriller "The Rule of Four."
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B.
Roy Kinnear
Roy Kinnear was a British character actor known for his comic roles in film and television, including notable performances in movies like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and various Richard Lester films.
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C.
Robert John Reed
Robert John Reed is a British judge who serves as the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Paul Dempster
Paul Dempster is a central character in Robertson Davies' novel "Fifth Business," whose unusual birth, troubled upbringing, and later transformation into the illusionist Magnus Eisengrim profoundly shape the story’s exploration of guilt, identity, and destiny.
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E.
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.