Marc Okrand
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Marc Okrand is an American linguist best known for creating the Klingon language for Star Trek and for his work on Native American languages.
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| Marc Okrand canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15163256 — 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: Marc Okrand Context triple: [Mutsun, documentedBy, Marc Okrand]
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Kent Tekulve
Kent Tekulve is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his submarine delivery and key role in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series championship.
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C.
Albert Lord
Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
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D.
Tharon Musser
Tharon Musser was a pioneering American lighting designer renowned for revolutionizing Broadway lighting with her innovative use of computerized systems on landmark productions.
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E.
Ross Andru
Ross Andru was an American comic book artist best known for his influential work on titles like The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman during the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics.
- 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: Marc Okrand Target entity description: Marc Okrand is an American linguist best known for creating the Klingon language for Star Trek and for his work on Native American languages.
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Kent Tekulve
Kent Tekulve is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his submarine delivery and key role in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series championship.
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C.
Albert Lord
Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
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D.
Tharon Musser
Tharon Musser was a pioneering American lighting designer renowned for revolutionizing Broadway lighting with her innovative use of computerized systems on landmark productions.
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E.
Ross Andru
Ross Andru was an American comic book artist best known for his influential work on titles like The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman during the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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