Ed Colligan
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Ed Colligan is an American technology executive best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Palm, Inc., where he helped popularize early handhelds and smartphones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ed Colligan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22003215 — 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: Ed Colligan Context triple: [Palm, Inc., foundedBy, Ed Colligan]
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A.
John Colligan
John Colligan is a golf course architect known for his renovation and design work on courses such as Stevens Park Golf Course.
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B.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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C.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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D.
Danny McClellan
Danny McClellan was an early 20th-century African American pitcher best known for his standout career in Negro league baseball, particularly with the Philadelphia Giants.
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E.
Grant Collier
Grant Collier is a video game developer best known as a co-founder of Infinity Ward and a key figure behind the early Call of Duty series.
- 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: Ed Colligan Target entity description: Ed Colligan is an American technology executive best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Palm, Inc., where he helped popularize early handhelds and smartphones.
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A.
John Colligan
John Colligan is a golf course architect known for his renovation and design work on courses such as Stevens Park Golf Course.
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B.
Ed McCauley
Ed McCauley is a Canadian academic and research leader who serves as president of the University of Calgary.
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C.
Ed McLaughlin
Ed McLaughlin is an American college athletics administrator best known as the athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
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D.
Danny McClellan
Danny McClellan was an early 20th-century African American pitcher best known for his standout career in Negro league baseball, particularly with the Philadelphia Giants.
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E.
Grant Collier
Grant Collier is a video game developer best known as a co-founder of Infinity Ward and a key figure behind the early Call of Duty series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.