Ted Olson
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Ted Olson is a fictional character portrayed as a mild-mannered, eccentric scientist and inventor in the "Police Squad!" television series and the "Naked Gun" film franchise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ted Olson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23045003 — 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: Ted Olson Context triple: [Ed Williams, characterRole, Ted Olson]
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A.
Theodore V. Olsen
Theodore V. Olsen was an American author best known for his Western novels, several of which, including the source material for the film "Soldier Blue," were adapted for the screen.
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B.
Paul Clement
Paul Clement is a prominent American attorney and former U.S. Solicitor General known for arguing numerous high-profile cases before the Supreme Court.
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C.
John Dellinger
John Dellinger is known primarily as the son of prominent American pacifist and activist David Dellinger.
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D.
Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
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E.
Philip Bobbitt
Philip Bobbitt is an American constitutional scholar and legal theorist known for his influential work on constitutional interpretation, national security, and the relationship between law and strategy.
- 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: Ted Olson Target entity description: Ted Olson is a fictional character portrayed as a mild-mannered, eccentric scientist and inventor in the "Police Squad!" television series and the "Naked Gun" film franchise.
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A.
Theodore V. Olsen
Theodore V. Olsen was an American author best known for his Western novels, several of which, including the source material for the film "Soldier Blue," were adapted for the screen.
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B.
Paul Clement
Paul Clement is a prominent American attorney and former U.S. Solicitor General known for arguing numerous high-profile cases before the Supreme Court.
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C.
John Dellinger
John Dellinger is known primarily as the son of prominent American pacifist and activist David Dellinger.
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D.
Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy was a standout Major League Baseball catcher best known for his star performance in the 1914 World Series and for being the first active MLB player to enlist for military service in World War I.
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E.
Philip Bobbitt
Philip Bobbitt is an American constitutional scholar and legal theorist known for his influential work on constitutional interpretation, national security, and the relationship between law and strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.