Thomas Jerome Newton
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Thomas Jerome Newton is a mysterious, humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking water for his drought-stricken home planet in the science fiction story "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Jerome Newton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14594577 — 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: Thomas Jerome Newton Context triple: [The Man Who Fell to Earth, mainCharacter, Thomas Jerome Newton]
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A.
Charles Harrison Mason
Charles Harrison Mason was an influential African American Holiness–Pentecostal minister who became the leading figure of early Pentecostalism in the United States.
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B.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
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D.
Augustus Short
Augustus Short was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Adelaide and played a key role in establishing the Church of England and educational institutions in South Australia.
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E.
A. Langley
A. Langley is a computer security and cryptography expert known for contributions to modern internet security protocols and standards.
- 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: Thomas Jerome Newton Target entity description: Thomas Jerome Newton is a mysterious, humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking water for his drought-stricken home planet in the science fiction story "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
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A.
Charles Harrison Mason
Charles Harrison Mason was an influential African American Holiness–Pentecostal minister who became the leading figure of early Pentecostalism in the United States.
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B.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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C.
James Challis
James Challis was a 19th-century English clergyman and astronomer best known for his role as director of the Cambridge Observatory during the period of the predicted discovery of Neptune.
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D.
Augustus Short
Augustus Short was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Adelaide and played a key role in establishing the Church of England and educational institutions in South Australia.
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E.
A. Langley
A. Langley is a computer security and cryptography expert known for contributions to modern internet security protocols and standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.