William Read Scurry
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William Read Scurry was a 19th-century American military officer and Texas politician best known for his service as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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| William Read Scurry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12835917 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Read Scurry Context triple: [Scurry County, namedFor, William Read Scurry]
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Benjamin L. Willard
Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
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B.
William H. Foulkrod
William H. Foulkrod was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the early 20th century.
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C.
William W. Scarborough
William W. Scarborough was an American banker and businessman best known for establishing the institution that became Fifth Third Bank.
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D.
Johnson T. Crawford
Johnson T. Crawford was an American judge who served on the U.S. military tribunal in the post–World War II Doctors' Trial of Nazi physicians for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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E.
Samuel Bingham
Samuel Bingham was a son of the early American missionary Hiram Bingham I, likely associated with the prominent Bingham family involved in 19th-century missionary and religious work.
- 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: William Read Scurry Target entity description: William Read Scurry was a 19th-century American military officer and Texas politician best known for his service as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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A.
Benjamin L. Willard
Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
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B.
William H. Foulkrod
William H. Foulkrod was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the early 20th century.
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C.
William W. Scarborough
William W. Scarborough was an American banker and businessman best known for establishing the institution that became Fifth Third Bank.
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D.
Johnson T. Crawford
Johnson T. Crawford was an American judge who served on the U.S. military tribunal in the post–World War II Doctors' Trial of Nazi physicians for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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E.
Samuel Bingham
Samuel Bingham was a son of the early American missionary Hiram Bingham I, likely associated with the prominent Bingham family involved in 19th-century missionary and religious work.
- F. None of above. chosen
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