Johanson and White
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Johanson and White are paleoanthropologists best known for formally describing the early hominin species Australopithecus afarensis, including the famous fossil "Lucy."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johanson | 1 |
| Johanson and White canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22475197 — 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: Johanson and White Context triple: [Australopithecus afarensis, authority, Johanson and White]
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A.
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey was a renowned Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and political figure known for his groundbreaking fossil discoveries on human evolution and his leadership in wildlife protection.
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B.
Leakey family
The Leakey family is a renowned Kenyan-British lineage of paleoanthropologists and archaeologists famous for their groundbreaking discoveries of early human fossils in East Africa.
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C.
Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
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D.
John Hawks
John Hawks was an 18th-century British-born architect best known for designing prominent colonial-era buildings in North Carolina, including the governor’s residence at New Bern.
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E.
Jai Johanny Johanson
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the pioneering Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band.
- 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: Johanson and White Target entity description: Johanson and White are paleoanthropologists best known for formally describing the early hominin species Australopithecus afarensis, including the famous fossil "Lucy."
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A.
Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey was a renowned Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and political figure known for his groundbreaking fossil discoveries on human evolution and his leadership in wildlife protection.
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B.
Leakey family
The Leakey family is a renowned Kenyan-British lineage of paleoanthropologists and archaeologists famous for their groundbreaking discoveries of early human fossils in East Africa.
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C.
Timothy P. White
Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
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D.
John Hawks
John Hawks was an 18th-century British-born architect best known for designing prominent colonial-era buildings in North Carolina, including the governor’s residence at New Bern.
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E.
Jai Johanny Johanson
Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the pioneering Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Johanson and White