William Auld
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William Auld was a prominent Scottish poet, translator, and key figure in Esperanto literature, renowned for his original works and efforts to elevate Esperanto as a literary language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Auld canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16178761 — 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: William Auld Context triple: [Esperanto literature, hasNotableAuthor, William Auld]
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A.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod is known as the husband of Prudence Murdoch, the eldest daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
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C.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was a 19th-century Scottish figure known primarily as a son of the influential Church of Scotland minister and Gaelic scholar Norman MacLeod.
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D.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
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E.
Donald Balloch MacDonald
Donald Balloch MacDonald was a prominent 15th-century Scottish-Gaelic clan leader and warrior of the MacDonalds, noted for his role in the power struggles of the western Highlands and Isles.
- 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: William Auld Target entity description: William Auld was a prominent Scottish poet, translator, and key figure in Esperanto literature, renowned for his original works and efforts to elevate Esperanto as a literary language.
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A.
William McGillivray
William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod is known as the husband of Prudence Murdoch, the eldest daughter of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
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C.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was a 19th-century Scottish figure known primarily as a son of the influential Church of Scotland minister and Gaelic scholar Norman MacLeod.
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D.
John MacLeod
John MacLeod was an American basketball coach best known for leading the Phoenix Suns to multiple playoff appearances, including a trip to the 1976 NBA Finals.
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E.
Donald Balloch MacDonald
Donald Balloch MacDonald was a prominent 15th-century Scottish-Gaelic clan leader and warrior of the MacDonalds, noted for his role in the power struggles of the western Highlands and Isles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.