David Whitney
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David Whitney was an influential American art curator, collector, and critic closely associated with modern and contemporary art and with architect Philip Johnson.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15717350 — 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: David Whitney Context triple: [Philip Johnson Glass House, usedAsResidenceBy, David Whitney]
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A.
David Whitney Jr.
David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
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Stowell E. Whitney
Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
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C.
Daniel Lawrence Whitney
Daniel Lawrence Whitney is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and former Blue Collar Comedy Tour member best known for his redneck persona "Larry the Cable Guy" and the catchphrase "Git-R-Done!"
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George Nicholas Bascom
George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
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E.
Elizur Goodrich
Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th 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: David Whitney Target entity description: David Whitney was an influential American art curator, collector, and critic closely associated with modern and contemporary art and with architect Philip Johnson.
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A.
David Whitney Jr.
David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
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B.
Stowell E. Whitney
Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
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C.
Daniel Lawrence Whitney
Daniel Lawrence Whitney is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and former Blue Collar Comedy Tour member best known for his redneck persona "Larry the Cable Guy" and the catchphrase "Git-R-Done!"
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D.
George Nicholas Bascom
George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
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E.
Elizur Goodrich
Elizur Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and Yale professor who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.