William C. Sturtevant
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William C. Sturtevant was an influential American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major reference projects on North American Indians.
All labels observed (1)
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| William C. Sturtevant canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17191626 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Sturtevant Context triple: [Handbook of North American Indians, editorInChief, William C. Sturtevant]
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A.
Edgar H. Sturtevant
Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
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B.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
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C.
George Washington McLintock
George Washington McLintock is the wealthy, stubborn but ultimately good-hearted cattle baron and frontier patriarch portrayed by John Wayne in the 1963 Western comedy film "McLintock!".
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D.
Harlan McClintock
Harlan McClintock, nicknamed "Mountain," is a fictional character known as a washed-up professional wrestler featured in the classic television series "The Twilight Zone."
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E.
Mahlon Kemmerer
Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
- 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 C. Sturtevant Target entity description: William C. Sturtevant was an influential American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major reference projects on North American Indians.
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A.
Edgar H. Sturtevant
Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
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B.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
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C.
George Washington McLintock
George Washington McLintock is the wealthy, stubborn but ultimately good-hearted cattle baron and frontier patriarch portrayed by John Wayne in the 1963 Western comedy film "McLintock!".
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D.
Harlan McClintock
Harlan McClintock, nicknamed "Mountain," is a fictional character known as a washed-up professional wrestler featured in the classic television series "The Twilight Zone."
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E.
Mahlon Kemmerer
Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
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