Hugh H. Hurd
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Hugh H. Hurd was an American actor and civil rights activist best known for his lead role in the 1959 film "Shadows" and his work advocating for Black performers in the entertainment industry.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hugh H. Hurd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12291551 — 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: Hugh H. Hurd Context triple: [Betty Furness, spouse, Hugh H. Hurd]
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A.
Jim V. Hart
Jim V. Hart is an American screenwriter and author best known for his work on major fantasy and adventure films such as "Hook," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and "Contact."
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B.
John D. Aldrich
John D. Aldrich is an American political scientist known for his influential work on political parties, elections, and rational choice theory.
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C.
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
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D.
John H. Dietrich
John H. Dietrich was an influential American Unitarian minister and early 20th-century leader in religious humanism, known for helping to shape modern humanist thought.
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E.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
- 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: Hugh H. Hurd Target entity description: Hugh H. Hurd was an American actor and civil rights activist best known for his lead role in the 1959 film "Shadows" and his work advocating for Black performers in the entertainment industry.
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A.
Jim V. Hart
Jim V. Hart is an American screenwriter and author best known for his work on major fantasy and adventure films such as "Hook," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," and "Contact."
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B.
John D. Aldrich
John D. Aldrich is an American political scientist known for his influential work on political parties, elections, and rational choice theory.
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C.
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
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D.
John H. Dietrich
John H. Dietrich was an influential American Unitarian minister and early 20th-century leader in religious humanism, known for helping to shape modern humanist thought.
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E.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.