Dave Smith
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Dave Smith was an influential American engineer and instrument designer best known for founding Sequential Circuits and co-developing the MIDI standard, which revolutionized electronic music.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22843671 — 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)
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Target entity: Dave Smith Context triple: [Roger Linn, collaboratedWith, Dave Smith]
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Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
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Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a guitarist and founding member of the American instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.
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C.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is best known as the husband of American film and television actress Gloria Talbott.
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D.
Andy Smith
Andy Smith was an early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the University of California Golden Bears to national prominence with multiple undefeated seasons.
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E.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
- 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: Dave Smith Target entity description: Dave Smith was an influential American engineer and instrument designer best known for founding Sequential Circuits and co-developing the MIDI standard, which revolutionized electronic music.
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A.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a guitarist and founding member of the American instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.
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B.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
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C.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith is best known as the husband of American film and television actress Gloria Talbott.
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D.
Andy Smith
Andy Smith was an early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the University of California Golden Bears to national prominence with multiple undefeated seasons.
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E.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.