Elmer Spragg
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Elmer Spragg is a wealthy, socially ambitious American businessman who appears as a key supporting character in Edith Wharton’s novel "The Custom of the Country."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elmer Spragg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16780410 — 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: Elmer Spragg Context triple: [The Custom of the Country, hasCharacter, Elmer Spragg]
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A.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
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B.
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor active from the silent era into the mid-20th century, known for his work on low-budget and exploitation films.
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C.
Elmer Winter
Elmer Winter was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Manpower Inc., one of the world’s largest staffing and workforce solutions companies.
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D.
Elmer Harris
Elmer Harris is a creator known for his work associated with Belinda McDonald.
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E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- 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: Elmer Spragg Target entity description: Elmer Spragg is a wealthy, socially ambitious American businessman who appears as a key supporting character in Edith Wharton’s novel "The Custom of the Country."
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A.
Elmer Smith
Elmer Smith was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for hitting the first grand slam in World Series history during the 1920 Fall Classic.
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B.
Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor active from the silent era into the mid-20th century, known for his work on low-budget and exploitation films.
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C.
Elmer Winter
Elmer Winter was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Manpower Inc., one of the world’s largest staffing and workforce solutions companies.
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D.
Elmer Harris
Elmer Harris is a creator known for his work associated with Belinda McDonald.
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E.
Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his dynamic performances in pioneering gangster and crime dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.