William Irving | DisamKB

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
William Irving canonical	3
William Irving Sr.	2
William Irving Jr.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29246 — 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: William Irving
Context triple: [Washington Irving, sibling, William Irving]

A. Washington Irving
Washington Irving was a pioneering 19th-century American author best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."
B. Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
C. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
D. H. Bates Peacock
H. Bates Peacock was a founder of Geophysical Service Incorporated, an early geophysical exploration company that later evolved into part of Texas Instruments.
E. Ernest Merritt
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
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 Irving
Target entity description: William Irving was the brother of famed American author Washington Irving and a member of the prominent Irving family of early 19th-century New York.

A. Washington Irving
Washington Irving was a pioneering 19th-century American author best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."
B. Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
C. John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
D. H. Bates Peacock
H. Bates Peacock was a founder of Geophysical Service Incorporated, an early geophysical exploration company that later evolved into part of Texas Instruments.
E. Ernest Merritt
Ernest Merritt was an American physicist and academic who co-founded the influential scientific journal Physical Review and helped shape early 20th-century physics research in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (10)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Irving ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
memberOf	Irving family ⓘ
notableFamily	Irving family of early 19th-century New York ⓘ
placeOfActivity	New York ⓘ
relative	Washington Irving ⓘ
residence	New York ⓘ
sibling	Washington Irving ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington Irving → sibling → William Irving ⓘ

Irving family of early 19th-century New York → notableMember → William Irving ⓘ

Irving family of early 19th-century New York → hasMember → William Irving ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Irving Sr.

Irving family of early 19th-century New York → hasChild → William Irving ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Irving Jr.

Irving family of early 19th-century New York → familyHead → William Irving ⓘ