Gaposchkin
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Gaposchkin is a surname most notably associated with astronomers Sergei Gaposchkin and his wife Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who made significant contributions to stellar astrophysics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gaposchkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23120851 — 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: Gaposchkin Context triple: [Sergei Gaposchkin, familyName, Gaposchkin]
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A.
Gorsky
Gorsky is a Russian surname most notably associated with Alexander Gorsky, an influential early 20th-century ballet master and choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre.
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B.
Korchinsky
Korchinsky is a character from the British crime film "Tiger Bay," involved in the central dramatic events of the story.
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C.
Mileikowsky
Mileikowsky is a Jewish family name notably borne by Benzion Mileikowsky, a Zionist activist and scholar and father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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D.
Paveskovich
Paveskovich is a Slavic-origin surname associated with individuals such as John Michael Paveskovich.
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E.
Yezernitsky
Yezernitsky is a Jewish surname most notably associated with Yitzhak Shamir, the former Prime Minister of Israel, who was born Yitzhak Yezernitsky.
- 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: Gaposchkin Target entity description: Gaposchkin is a surname most notably associated with astronomers Sergei Gaposchkin and his wife Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who made significant contributions to stellar astrophysics.
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A.
Gorsky
Gorsky is a Russian surname most notably associated with Alexander Gorsky, an influential early 20th-century ballet master and choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre.
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B.
Korchinsky
Korchinsky is a character from the British crime film "Tiger Bay," involved in the central dramatic events of the story.
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C.
Mileikowsky
Mileikowsky is a Jewish family name notably borne by Benzion Mileikowsky, a Zionist activist and scholar and father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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D.
Paveskovich
Paveskovich is a Slavic-origin surname associated with individuals such as John Michael Paveskovich.
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E.
Yezernitsky
Yezernitsky is a Jewish surname most notably associated with Yitzhak Shamir, the former Prime Minister of Israel, who was born Yitzhak Yezernitsky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.