Alexander R. Stokes
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Alexander R. Stokes was a physicist and crystallographer known for his contributions to X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules, including early work related to the structure of DNA.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13461422 — 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: Alexander R. Stokes Context triple: [Raymond Gosling, doctoralAdvisor, Alexander R. Stokes]
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A.
James Stevens
James Stevens is the emotionally restrained English butler at the heart of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," famously portrayed on film by Anthony Hopkins.
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B.
Robert L. Stewart
Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army brigadier general best known as one of the first astronauts to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
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C.
John Stites
John Stites was a notable individual interred at Louisville, Kentucky’s historic Cave Hill Cemetery, recognized among its distinguished burials.
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D.
Alexander D. Smith
Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
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E.
Joseph Stannard
Joseph Stannard was a 19th-century English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his detailed river and coastal scenes.
- 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: Alexander R. Stokes Target entity description: Alexander R. Stokes was a physicist and crystallographer known for his contributions to X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules, including early work related to the structure of DNA.
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A.
James Stevens
James Stevens is the emotionally restrained English butler at the heart of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," famously portrayed on film by Anthony Hopkins.
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B.
Robert L. Stewart
Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army brigadier general best known as one of the first astronauts to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
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C.
John Stites
John Stites was a notable individual interred at Louisville, Kentucky’s historic Cave Hill Cemetery, recognized among its distinguished burials.
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D.
Alexander D. Smith
Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
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E.
Joseph Stannard
Joseph Stannard was a 19th-century English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his detailed river and coastal scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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