C. D. Howe
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C. D. Howe was a powerful Canadian industrialist-turned-politician who served as a key federal cabinet minister and architect of Canada's wartime and postwar economic development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| C. D. Howe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12205474 — 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: C. D. Howe Context triple: [Combined Policy Committee, notableMember, C. D. Howe]
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A.
R. B. Bennett
R. B. Bennett was the 11th Prime Minister of Canada, serving during the Great Depression from 1930 to 1935.
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B.
C. W. Orr
C. W. Orr was an English composer best known for his art songs, particularly his settings of A. E. Housman's poetry.
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C.
Wallace Calvin Abbott
Wallace Calvin Abbott was an American physician and entrepreneur who founded Abbott Laboratories, which grew into a major global healthcare and pharmaceutical company.
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D.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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E.
M. C. Fyles
M. C. Fyles was a mountaineer known for making early ascents of peaks in British Columbia, Canada.
- 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: C. D. Howe Target entity description: C. D. Howe was a powerful Canadian industrialist-turned-politician who served as a key federal cabinet minister and architect of Canada's wartime and postwar economic development.
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A.
R. B. Bennett
R. B. Bennett was the 11th Prime Minister of Canada, serving during the Great Depression from 1930 to 1935.
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B.
C. W. Orr
C. W. Orr was an English composer best known for his art songs, particularly his settings of A. E. Housman's poetry.
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C.
Wallace Calvin Abbott
Wallace Calvin Abbott was an American physician and entrepreneur who founded Abbott Laboratories, which grew into a major global healthcare and pharmaceutical company.
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D.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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E.
M. C. Fyles
M. C. Fyles was a mountaineer known for making early ascents of peaks in British Columbia, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.