Modesto A. Maidique
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Modesto A. Maidique is a Cuban-American academic and longtime president of Florida International University, known for his leadership in expanding the institution’s size and research profile.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Modesto A. Maidique canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13060723 — 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: Modesto A. Maidique Context triple: [MMC, namedAfter, Modesto A. Maidique]
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A.
Emilio N. Echevarria
Emilio N. Echevarria was an individual of sufficient historical or military significance to merit interment at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico.
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B.
Miguel G. Zaragoza
Miguel G. Zaragoza was the father of Mexican general and national hero Ignacio Zaragoza, who led Mexican forces to victory at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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C.
Armando Salazar
Armando Salazar is a vengeful undead Spanish naval captain and primary antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film "Dead Men Tell No Tales."
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D.
Honorio Delgado
Honorio Delgado was a prominent Peruvian psychiatrist, educator, and pioneer of modern mental health studies in Latin America.
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E.
Ramon Salazar
Ramon Salazar is a diminutive, fanatically devout castellan and major villain in Resident Evil 4 who commands the castle and serves the cult leader Osmund Saddler.
- 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: Modesto A. Maidique Target entity description: Modesto A. Maidique is a Cuban-American academic and longtime president of Florida International University, known for his leadership in expanding the institution’s size and research profile.
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A.
Emilio N. Echevarria
Emilio N. Echevarria was an individual of sufficient historical or military significance to merit interment at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico.
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B.
Miguel G. Zaragoza
Miguel G. Zaragoza was the father of Mexican general and national hero Ignacio Zaragoza, who led Mexican forces to victory at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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C.
Armando Salazar
Armando Salazar is a vengeful undead Spanish naval captain and primary antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film "Dead Men Tell No Tales."
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D.
Honorio Delgado
Honorio Delgado was a prominent Peruvian psychiatrist, educator, and pioneer of modern mental health studies in Latin America.
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E.
Ramon Salazar
Ramon Salazar is a diminutive, fanatically devout castellan and major villain in Resident Evil 4 who commands the castle and serves the cult leader Osmund Saddler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
person ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| affiliation | Florida International University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Florida International University ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Cuban ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
higher education administration
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university leadership ⓘ |
| genre | academic administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Modesto ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Latino
ⓘ
linked to:
Hispanic and Latino Americans
|
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Modesto A. Maidique ⓘ |
| nationality | Cuban-American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enhancing Florida International University research profile
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expansion of Florida International University ⓘ longtime president of Florida International University ⓘ |
| notableRole |
leader in expanding FIU enrollment
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leader in expanding FIU research activities ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of Florida International University ⓘ |
| residence | Florida ⓘ |
| workLocation | Miami, Florida ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Modesto A. Maidique Description of subject: Modesto A. Maidique is a Cuban-American academic and longtime president of Florida International University, known for his leadership in expanding the institution’s size and research profile.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.