Robert Newman
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Robert Newman was an American patriot best known for hanging the signal lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church to alert Paul Revere and others at the start of the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Newman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13790356 — 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: Robert Newman Context triple: [Christ Church in the City of Boston, associatedWithPerson, Robert Newman]
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Robert Newman
Robert Newman was a British impresario best known for initiating the orchestral concert series that evolved into the BBC Proms.
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Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Josh Lewis on the soap opera "Guiding Light."
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Richard G. Newman
Richard G. Newman is an American engineer and business executive best known as the founding leader and former CEO of the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM.
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Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
- 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: Robert Newman Target entity description: Robert Newman was an American patriot best known for hanging the signal lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church to alert Paul Revere and others at the start of the American Revolution.
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A.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
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B.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman was a British impresario best known for initiating the orchestral concert series that evolved into the BBC Proms.
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C.
Robert Newman
Robert Newman is an American actor best known for his long-running role as Josh Lewis on the soap opera "Guiding Light."
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D.
Richard G. Newman
Richard G. Newman is an American engineer and business executive best known as the founding leader and former CEO of the global infrastructure and engineering firm AECOM.
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E.
Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.