Samuel Walter Woodward
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Samuel Walter Woodward was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store chain Woodward & Lothrop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Walter Woodward canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14911990 — 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 Walter Woodward Context triple: [Woodward & Lothrop, foundedBy, Samuel Walter Woodward]
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A.
Edward Abel Smith
Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
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B.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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C.
Charles W. Woodward
Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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E.
John Randolph Webb
John Randolph Webb was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for creating and starring as Sgt. Joe Friday in the classic radio and television series "Dragnet."
- 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 Walter Woodward Target entity description: Samuel Walter Woodward was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store chain Woodward & Lothrop.
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A.
Edward Abel Smith
Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
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B.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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C.
Charles W. Woodward
Charles W. Woodward was a prominent figure significant enough in his community or field to have a high school named in his honor.
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D.
Charles Evans Whittaker
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.
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E.
John Randolph Webb
John Randolph Webb was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for creating and starring as Sgt. Joe Friday in the classic radio and television series "Dragnet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.