Ellis Wainwright
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Ellis Wainwright was a prominent American brewer and businessman from St. Louis, best known as the namesake patron behind the influential Wainwright Building designed by Louis Sullivan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ellis Wainwright canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12024258 — 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: Ellis Wainwright Context triple: [Wainwright Building, namedAfter, Ellis Wainwright]
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A.
Hartley Rowe
Hartley Rowe was a prominent American engineer and government advisor known for his influential role on the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission during the early development of nuclear policy.
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B.
Ellis Bell
Ellis Bell is the pseudonym used by English novelist Emily Brontë, best known for writing the classic Gothic novel "Wuthering Heights."
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C.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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D.
Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward is an American actor best known for his work in 1980s film and television, including leading roles in family and science fiction movies.
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E.
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a former American professional basketball player, best known as a four-time NBA All-Star forward in the 1970s, primarily with the Portland Trail Blazers.
- 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: Ellis Wainwright Target entity description: Ellis Wainwright was a prominent American brewer and businessman from St. Louis, best known as the namesake patron behind the influential Wainwright Building designed by Louis Sullivan.
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A.
Hartley Rowe
Hartley Rowe was a prominent American engineer and government advisor known for his influential role on the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission during the early development of nuclear policy.
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B.
Ellis Bell
Ellis Bell is the pseudonym used by English novelist Emily Brontë, best known for writing the classic Gothic novel "Wuthering Heights."
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C.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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D.
Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward is an American actor best known for his work in 1980s film and television, including leading roles in family and science fiction movies.
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E.
Sidney Wicks
Sidney Wicks is a former American professional basketball player, best known as a four-time NBA All-Star forward in the 1970s, primarily with the Portland Trail Blazers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.