James Beckwourth
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James Beckwourth was a 19th-century African American mountain man, fur trapper, explorer, and scout known for his role in the American West and for discovering Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11996513 — 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: James Beckwourth Context triple: [Rocky Mountain Fur Company, employed, James Beckwourth]
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A.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
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B.
Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith was a 19th-century American frontiersman, trapper, and explorer renowned for pioneering overland routes through the Rocky Mountains and the American West.
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C.
Henry Weber (trapper)
Henry Weber was a 19th-century trapper and frontiersman after whom Utah’s Weber River is named.
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D.
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
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E.
Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, known for his extensive expeditions throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West.
- 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: James Beckwourth Target entity description: James Beckwourth was a 19th-century African American mountain man, fur trapper, explorer, and scout known for his role in the American West and for discovering Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
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A.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
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B.
Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith was a 19th-century American frontiersman, trapper, and explorer renowned for pioneering overland routes through the Rocky Mountains and the American West.
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C.
Henry Weber (trapper)
Henry Weber was a 19th-century trapper and frontiersman after whom Utah’s Weber River is named.
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D.
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
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E.
Peter Skene Ogden
Peter Skene Ogden was a 19th-century Canadian fur trader and explorer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, known for his extensive expeditions throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West.
- F. None of above. chosen
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