Esther Clavin
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Esther Clavin is a recurring character on the TV sitcom "Cheers," known as the overbearing and often critical mother of bar regular and mailman Cliff Clavin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Esther Clavin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13609107 — 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: Esther Clavin Context triple: [Cliff Clavin, hasMother, Esther Clavin]
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A.
Ruth Franklin
Ruth Franklin is an American literary critic and biographer best known for her acclaimed biography of novelist Shirley Jackson.
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B.
Deborah Liebling
Deborah Liebling is an American television and film producer and executive known for her work on comedy projects.
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C.
Maria Nuzberg
Maria Nuzberg was the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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D.
Ruth Prawer
Ruth Prawer was the birth name of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the German-born British-American novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter renowned for her collaborations with Merchant Ivory Productions.
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E.
Judith Thurman
Judith Thurman is an American writer and biographer best known for her acclaimed literary biographies and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
- 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: Esther Clavin Target entity description: Esther Clavin is a recurring character on the TV sitcom "Cheers," known as the overbearing and often critical mother of bar regular and mailman Cliff Clavin.
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A.
Ruth Franklin
Ruth Franklin is an American literary critic and biographer best known for her acclaimed biography of novelist Shirley Jackson.
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B.
Deborah Liebling
Deborah Liebling is an American television and film producer and executive known for her work on comedy projects.
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C.
Maria Nuzberg
Maria Nuzberg was the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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D.
Ruth Prawer
Ruth Prawer was the birth name of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the German-born British-American novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter renowned for her collaborations with Merchant Ivory Productions.
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E.
Judith Thurman
Judith Thurman is an American writer and biographer best known for her acclaimed literary biographies and long-form essays in The New Yorker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.