James Shepherd
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James Shepherd was an American philanthropist and advocate for people with spinal cord and brain injuries, best known for co-founding the Shepherd Center, a leading rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Shepherd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16757969 — 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: James Shepherd Context triple: [Shepherd Center, foundedBy, James Shepherd]
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A.
James Sheppard
James Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who has played in the NHL for teams including the Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, and New York Rangers.
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B.
Thomas Shepherd
Thomas Shepherd is an author known for writing the story for the film "Dolittle."
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C.
James Edward Shepard
James Edward Shepard was an American educator and founder of North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s historically Black universities.
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D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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E.
William Sutton
William Sutton is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the robotics company Rover.
- 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: James Shepherd Target entity description: James Shepherd was an American philanthropist and advocate for people with spinal cord and brain injuries, best known for co-founding the Shepherd Center, a leading rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta.
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A.
James Sheppard
James Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who has played in the NHL for teams including the Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, and New York Rangers.
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B.
Thomas Shepherd
Thomas Shepherd is an author known for writing the story for the film "Dolittle."
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C.
James Edward Shepard
James Edward Shepard was an American educator and founder of North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s historically Black universities.
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D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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E.
William Sutton
William Sutton is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the robotics company Rover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shepherd Center