Troy N. Smith Sr.
E1587228
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Troy N. Smith Sr. was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant chain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Troy N. Smith Sr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23425757 — 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: Troy N. Smith Sr. Context triple: [Sonic Drive-In, foundedBy, Troy N. Smith Sr.]
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A.
Troy L. Johnson
Troy L. Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the album "A Seat at the Table."
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B.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. is a former American football wide receiver best known for his long, productive NFL career primarily with the Carolina Panthers and later the Baltimore Ravens.
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C.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
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D.
Troy K. Walker
Troy K. Walker is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Draper, Utah.
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E.
Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for leading the Buffalo Sabres to the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.
- 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: Troy N. Smith Sr. Target entity description: Troy N. Smith Sr. was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant chain.
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A.
Troy L. Johnson
Troy L. Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the album "A Seat at the Table."
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B.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. is a former American football wide receiver best known for his long, productive NFL career primarily with the Carolina Panthers and later the Baltimore Ravens.
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C.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
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D.
Troy K. Walker
Troy K. Walker is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Draper, Utah.
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E.
Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for leading the Buffalo Sabres to the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.