James Perkins
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James Perkins was an American merchant and philanthropist from the prominent Perkins family of Boston, active in trade and civic affairs in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Perkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14946339 — 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: James Perkins Context triple: [Thomas Handasyd Perkins, sibling, James Perkins]
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A.
Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman was an Australian-born character actor known for his frequent roles as butlers and valets in numerous Hollywood films during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Fletcher Joseph Perry
Fletcher Joseph Perry, better known as Joe Perry, was a Hall of Fame NFL fullback renowned for his speed and as a pioneering African American star with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
William Pritchard
William Pritchard is a Canadian municipal politician known for serving as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
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E.
Joseph Flavelle
Joseph Flavelle was a prominent Canadian businessman and philanthropist who became one of Toronto’s leading meat packers and a key figure in national economic and charitable affairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: James Perkins Target entity description: James Perkins was an American merchant and philanthropist from the prominent Perkins family of Boston, active in trade and civic affairs in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman was an Australian-born character actor known for his frequent roles as butlers and valets in numerous Hollywood films during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Fletcher Joseph Perry
Fletcher Joseph Perry, better known as Joe Perry, was a Hall of Fame NFL fullback renowned for his speed and as a pioneering African American star with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
William Pritchard
William Pritchard is a Canadian municipal politician known for serving as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
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E.
Joseph Flavelle
Joseph Flavelle was a prominent Canadian businessman and philanthropist who became one of Toronto’s leading meat packers and a key figure in national economic and charitable affairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.