Richard Emerson Smith
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Richard Emerson Smith, better known as Dick Smith, was a pioneering American special effects makeup artist renowned for his groundbreaking, realistic work in films such as "The Exorcist" and "Amadeus."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Emerson Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16827917 — 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: Richard Emerson Smith Context triple: [Dick Smith, birthName, Richard Emerson Smith]
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A.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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B.
David Bruce Smith
David Bruce Smith is an American author, publisher, and philanthropist known for his works on history and his support of arts and educational initiatives.
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C.
Charles Ferguson Smith
Charles Ferguson Smith was a distinguished United States Army officer and West Point instructor who served in the Mexican–American War and early in the American Civil War.
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D.
Charles Aubrey Smith
Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Lewis Martin Smith
Lewis Martin Smith was an individual significant enough in his region or community that a major reservoir, Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama, was named in his honor.
- 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: Richard Emerson Smith Target entity description: Richard Emerson Smith, better known as Dick Smith, was a pioneering American special effects makeup artist renowned for his groundbreaking, realistic work in films such as "The Exorcist" and "Amadeus."
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A.
Robert Weston Smith
Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
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B.
David Bruce Smith
David Bruce Smith is an American author, publisher, and philanthropist known for his works on history and his support of arts and educational initiatives.
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C.
Charles Ferguson Smith
Charles Ferguson Smith was a distinguished United States Army officer and West Point instructor who served in the Mexican–American War and early in the American Civil War.
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D.
Charles Aubrey Smith
Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Lewis Martin Smith
Lewis Martin Smith was an individual significant enough in his region or community that a major reservoir, Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama, was named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
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