Amory Houghton
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Amory Houghton was a 19th-century American industrialist who built a small glassworks into what became the major technology and materials company Corning Incorporated.
All labels observed (1)
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| Amory Houghton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15453466 — 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: Amory Houghton Context triple: [Corning Incorporated, founder, Amory Houghton]
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A.
Amory T. Gill
Amory T. Gill was a prominent figure associated with Oregon State University, honored through the naming of Gill Coliseum.
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B.
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
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C.
Charles Barron
Charles Barron is an American politician and activist from New York City, known for his outspoken views on racial justice, police reform, and U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and later work in European genre films.
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E.
Orson Hodge
Orson Hodge is a complex, secretive dentist and love interest of Bree Van de Kamp on the television series "Desperate Housewives."
- 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: Amory Houghton Target entity description: Amory Houghton was a 19th-century American industrialist who built a small glassworks into what became the major technology and materials company Corning Incorporated.
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A.
Amory T. Gill
Amory T. Gill was a prominent figure associated with Oregon State University, honored through the naming of Gill Coliseum.
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B.
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
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C.
Charles Barron
Charles Barron is an American politician and activist from New York City, known for his outspoken views on racial justice, police reform, and U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom was a British actor best known for his leading roles in 1950s Hollywood epics and later work in European genre films.
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E.
Orson Hodge
Orson Hodge is a complex, secretive dentist and love interest of Bree Van de Kamp on the television series "Desperate Housewives."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.