Harry DeCosta
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Harry DeCosta was an American songwriter and lyricist active in the early 20th century, known for contributing to popular jazz and Tin Pan Alley-era songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry DeCosta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23339403 — 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: Harry DeCosta Context triple: [Tiger Rag, lyricist, Harry DeCosta]
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A.
Eric DeCosta
Eric DeCosta is an American football executive who serves as the general manager of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, overseeing the team's roster construction and football operations.
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B.
Andrew D'Amato
Andrew D'Amato is known primarily as the son of former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato.
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C.
Kevin Gerrity
Kevin Gerrity is a supporting character in the comedy film "Big Daddy," known as one of Sonny Koufax’s close friends.
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D.
Larry Dolan
Larry Dolan is an American lawyer and businessman best known as the principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians (formerly Indians).
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E.
Mike Costin
Mike Costin is a British engineer and co-founder of the high-performance racing engine manufacturer Cosworth.
- 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: Harry DeCosta Target entity description: Harry DeCosta was an American songwriter and lyricist active in the early 20th century, known for contributing to popular jazz and Tin Pan Alley-era songs.
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A.
Eric DeCosta
Eric DeCosta is an American football executive who serves as the general manager of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, overseeing the team's roster construction and football operations.
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B.
Andrew D'Amato
Andrew D'Amato is known primarily as the son of former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato.
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C.
Kevin Gerrity
Kevin Gerrity is a supporting character in the comedy film "Big Daddy," known as one of Sonny Koufax’s close friends.
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D.
Larry Dolan
Larry Dolan is an American lawyer and businessman best known as the principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians (formerly Indians).
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E.
Mike Costin
Mike Costin is a British engineer and co-founder of the high-performance racing engine manufacturer Cosworth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.