Samuel Houston Mayes
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Samuel Houston Mayes was a Cherokee leader and politician who served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Houston Mayes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14744224 — 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: Samuel Houston Mayes Context triple: [Mayes County, Oklahoma, namedAfter, Samuel Houston Mayes]
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A.
Sam Houston
Sam Houston was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and military leader best known for securing Texas’s independence from Mexico and serving as both President of the Republic of Texas and later Governor of Texas.
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B.
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau B. Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to promote public education.
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C.
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. was an American physician, explorer, and geographer known for his expeditions into the Amazon Basin in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Houstoun
John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
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E.
John Palmer Parker
John Palmer Parker was a 19th-century American rancher and pioneer in Hawaii who founded what became one of the largest and oldest cattle ranches in the United States.
- 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: Samuel Houston Mayes Target entity description: Samuel Houston Mayes was a Cherokee leader and politician who served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in the late 19th century.
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A.
Sam Houston
Sam Houston was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and military leader best known for securing Texas’s independence from Mexico and serving as both President of the Republic of Texas and later Governor of Texas.
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B.
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau B. Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to promote public education.
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C.
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. was an American physician, explorer, and geographer known for his expeditions into the Amazon Basin in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Houstoun
John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
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E.
John Palmer Parker
John Palmer Parker was a 19th-century American rancher and pioneer in Hawaii who founded what became one of the largest and oldest cattle ranches in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.