Robert Cates
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Robert Cates is known primarily as the husband of the late American actress Darlene Cates, who gained recognition for her role in the film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Cates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12031556 — 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 Cates Context triple: [Darlene Cates, spouse, Robert Cates]
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A.
Richard Chancellor
Richard Chancellor was a 16th-century English navigator and explorer who pioneered the sea route to Russia and helped establish early Anglo-Russian trade relations.
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B.
Francis Vere
Francis Vere was an English soldier and military commander renowned for his leadership in the Dutch Revolt against Spain during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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C.
Edward Hawke
Edward Hawke was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his decisive naval victory over the French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War.
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D.
Geoffrey Drake
Geoffrey Drake was a film art director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century productions such as the war adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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E.
Ralph Yearsley
Ralph Yearsley was a British-born character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous American movies during the 1920s.
- 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 Cates Target entity description: Robert Cates is known primarily as the husband of the late American actress Darlene Cates, who gained recognition for her role in the film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape."
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A.
Richard Chancellor
Richard Chancellor was a 16th-century English navigator and explorer who pioneered the sea route to Russia and helped establish early Anglo-Russian trade relations.
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B.
Francis Vere
Francis Vere was an English soldier and military commander renowned for his leadership in the Dutch Revolt against Spain during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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C.
Edward Hawke
Edward Hawke was an 18th-century British admiral renowned for his decisive naval victory over the French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years' War.
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D.
Geoffrey Drake
Geoffrey Drake was a film art director best known for his work on classic mid-20th-century productions such as the war adventure film "The Guns of Navarone."
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E.
Ralph Yearsley
Ralph Yearsley was a British-born character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous American movies during the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.