Douglass Cross
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Douglass Cross was an American songwriter best known for penning the lyrics to the classic standard "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglass Cross canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12247759 — 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: Douglass Cross Context triple: [I Left My Heart in San Francisco, lyricist, Douglass Cross]
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A.
Charles Mawhood
Charles Mawhood was a British Army officer best known for leading Crown forces against George Washington’s troops during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Princeton.
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B.
William Dodson
William Dodson is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, including professionals or public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
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C.
Ossian Cole Simonds
Ossian Cole Simonds was a prominent American landscape architect known for his naturalistic designs and influential work in shaping early landscape architecture in the United States.
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D.
Edward Willett
Edward Willett is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author known for novels such as "Marseguro" and for hosting "The Worldshapers" podcast.
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E.
Henry Robinson
Henry Robinson was an English clergyman and theologian active in early 17th-century religious affairs, notably involved in high-level ecclesiastical discussions under James I.
- 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: Douglass Cross Target entity description: Douglass Cross was an American songwriter best known for penning the lyrics to the classic standard "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
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A.
Charles Mawhood
Charles Mawhood was a British Army officer best known for leading Crown forces against George Washington’s troops during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Princeton.
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B.
William Dodson
William Dodson is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, including professionals or public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
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C.
Ossian Cole Simonds
Ossian Cole Simonds was a prominent American landscape architect known for his naturalistic designs and influential work in shaping early landscape architecture in the United States.
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D.
Edward Willett
Edward Willett is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author known for novels such as "Marseguro" and for hosting "The Worldshapers" podcast.
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E.
Henry Robinson
Henry Robinson was an English clergyman and theologian active in early 17th-century religious affairs, notably involved in high-level ecclesiastical discussions under James I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.