Elmer S. Riggs
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Elmer S. Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his early 20th-century work on dinosaur fossils, including formally naming and describing the genus Brachiosaurus.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11339385 — 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: Elmer S. Riggs Context triple: [Brachiosaurus, describedBy, Elmer S. Riggs]
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William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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B.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
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C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
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D.
William Bartlett Peet
William Bartlett Peet was an American children's book author and illustrator best known for his work as a story artist at Walt Disney Studios and for his many popular picture books.
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E.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Benjamin Ide Wheeler was an American classical scholar and influential president of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Elmer S. Riggs Target entity description: Elmer S. Riggs was an American paleontologist known for his early 20th-century work on dinosaur fossils, including formally naming and describing the genus Brachiosaurus.
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A.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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B.
Herbert E. Winlock
Herbert E. Winlock was an influential American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his extensive early 20th-century excavations and research on ancient Theban sites in Egypt.
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C.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
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D.
William Bartlett Peet
William Bartlett Peet was an American children's book author and illustrator best known for his work as a story artist at Walt Disney Studios and for his many popular picture books.
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E.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Benjamin Ide Wheeler was an American classical scholar and influential president of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.