Frank Thorndike
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Frank Thorndike was a British actor and the brother of renowned stage actress Sybil Thorndike.
All labels observed (1)
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| Frank Thorndike canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12420385 — 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: Frank Thorndike Context triple: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Frank Thorndike]
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A.
Russell Thorndike
Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
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B.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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C.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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D.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
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E.
Edward C. Tolman
Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
- 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: Frank Thorndike Target entity description: Frank Thorndike was a British actor and the brother of renowned stage actress Sybil Thorndike.
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A.
Russell Thorndike
Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
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B.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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C.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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D.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
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E.
Edward C. Tolman
Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
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