Henry Yesler
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Henry Yesler was a pioneering Seattle entrepreneur and politician who built the city’s first steam-powered sawmill and served as one of its early mayors.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12598658 — 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: Henry Yesler Context triple: [Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, notableBurial, Henry Yesler]
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Elmer S. Riggs
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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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.
Barton Warren Evermann
Barton Warren Evermann was an American ichthyologist and naturalist known for his extensive work on the classification and description of North American fishes.
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D.
Clarence King
Clarence King was a 19th-century American geologist, explorer, and the first director of the United States Geological Survey, renowned for his pioneering surveys of the American West.
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E.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
- 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: Henry Yesler Target entity description: Henry Yesler was a pioneering Seattle entrepreneur and politician who built the city’s first steam-powered sawmill and served as one of its early mayors.
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A.
Elmer S. Riggs
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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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.
Barton Warren Evermann
Barton Warren Evermann was an American ichthyologist and naturalist known for his extensive work on the classification and description of North American fishes.
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D.
Clarence King
Clarence King was a 19th-century American geologist, explorer, and the first director of the United States Geological Survey, renowned for his pioneering surveys of the American West.
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E.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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