Captain William Newberry
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Captain William Newberry was a British intelligence officer in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, known for his role in the covert Cairo Gang targeted by Michael Collins’s IRA.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain William Newberry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16720599 — 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: Captain William Newberry Context triple: [Cairo Gang, notableMember, Captain William Newberry]
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A.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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B.
Captain Richard Davenport
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
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C.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Captain William Renton
Captain William Renton was a 19th-century American lumberman and entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest whose influence on the regional timber industry led to the city of Renton, Washington being named in his honor.
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E.
Captain Anson Mills
Captain Anson Mills was a U.S. Army officer and frontier cavalry leader known for his role in the Indian Wars and later as an inventor and businessman.
- 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: Captain William Newberry Target entity description: Captain William Newberry was a British intelligence officer in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence, known for his role in the covert Cairo Gang targeted by Michael Collins’s IRA.
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A.
Captain William Diel
Captain William Diel is a supporting character in the Rush Hour film series, serving as a gruff but well-meaning Los Angeles Police Department superior to Detective James Carter.
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B.
Captain Richard Davenport
Captain Richard Davenport is a Black Army lawyer and investigator who serves as the central figure unraveling a racially charged murder case in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play."
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C.
Captain Richard Pearson
Captain Richard Pearson was an 18th-century British naval officer best known for his role in the 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head against John Paul Jones during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Captain William Renton
Captain William Renton was a 19th-century American lumberman and entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest whose influence on the regional timber industry led to the city of Renton, Washington being named in his honor.
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E.
Captain Anson Mills
Captain Anson Mills was a U.S. Army officer and frontier cavalry leader known for his role in the Indian Wars and later as an inventor and businessman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.