Robert Gordon
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Robert Gordon was an American rockabilly singer known for reviving 1950s rock and roll with his powerful vocals and collaborations with noted guitarists like Link Wray and Chris Spedding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Gordon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11997829 — 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: Robert Gordon Context triple: [The Jim Carroll Band, hasMember, Robert Gordon]
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Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose legacy in education led to the founding of the institution that became Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
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B.
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon is a music industry figure best known for co-founding the influential British electronic music label Warp Records.
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C.
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon was an American screenwriter best known for writing the cult science-fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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D.
Bob Gordon
Bob Gordon is a film producer best known for his work on the animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who!".
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Richard E. Stearns
Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
- 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: Robert Gordon Target entity description: Robert Gordon was an American rockabilly singer known for reviving 1950s rock and roll with his powerful vocals and collaborations with noted guitarists like Link Wray and Chris Spedding.
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A.
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist whose legacy in education led to the founding of the institution that became Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
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B.
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon is a music industry figure best known for co-founding the influential British electronic music label Warp Records.
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C.
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon was an American screenwriter best known for writing the cult science-fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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D.
Bob Gordon
Bob Gordon is a film producer best known for his work on the animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who!".
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E.
Richard E. Stearns
Richard E. Stearns is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the theory of computational complexity, including the foundational time hierarchy theorem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.