Alexander Faribault
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Alexander Faribault was a 19th-century fur trader, politician, and early settler who founded and gave his name to the city of Faribault, Minnesota.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Faribault canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12468199 — 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: Alexander Faribault Context triple: [Faribault, Minnesota, namedAfter, Alexander Faribault]
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A.
George Drouillard
George Drouillard was a skilled French-Canadian-Shawnee hunter, interpreter, and scout who played a crucial role in the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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B.
James Sibley
James Sibley was a benefactor whose contributions to healthcare led to a major Washington, D.C. hospital being named in his honor.
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C.
John Woodbury
John Woodbury was a land developer known for planning and promoting the early suburban community of Altadena, California.
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D.
Charles Sallier
Charles Sallier was an early settler and prominent figure in southwest Louisiana whose legacy is preserved in the naming of Lake Charles.
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E.
George Soule
George Soule was an English-born colonist best known as a passenger on the Mayflower and an early settler of Plymouth Colony.
- 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: Alexander Faribault Target entity description: Alexander Faribault was a 19th-century fur trader, politician, and early settler who founded and gave his name to the city of Faribault, Minnesota.
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A.
George Drouillard
George Drouillard was a skilled French-Canadian-Shawnee hunter, interpreter, and scout who played a crucial role in the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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B.
James Sibley
James Sibley was a benefactor whose contributions to healthcare led to a major Washington, D.C. hospital being named in his honor.
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C.
John Woodbury
John Woodbury was a land developer known for planning and promoting the early suburban community of Altadena, California.
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D.
Charles Sallier
Charles Sallier was an early settler and prominent figure in southwest Louisiana whose legacy is preserved in the naming of Lake Charles.
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E.
George Soule
George Soule was an English-born colonist best known as a passenger on the Mayflower and an early settler of Plymouth Colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.