Crankstart
E111058
Crankstart is a charitable foundation established by venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman that supports education, the arts, and social mobility initiatives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crankstart canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T944498 — 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: Crankstart Context triple: [Booker Prize, sponsor, Crankstart]
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A.
Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
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B.
Revs
Revs is the commonly used nickname for the New England Revolution, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area.
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C.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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D.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
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E.
The Race
The Race is a narrow, fast-moving tidal strait at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, known for its strong currents and challenging navigation conditions.
- 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: Crankstart Target entity description: Crankstart is a charitable foundation established by venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman that supports education, the arts, and social mobility initiatives.
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A.
Bootjack
Bootjack is a small unincorporated community located in Mariposa County, California, near the Sierra Nevada foothills and the gateway to Yosemite National Park.
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B.
Revs
Revs is the commonly used nickname for the New England Revolution, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area.
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C.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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D.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
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E.
The Race
The Race is a narrow, fast-moving tidal strait at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, known for its strong currents and challenging navigation conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable foundation
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philanthropic organization ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Crankstart Foundation ⓘ |
| beneficiaryGroup |
arts practitioners and organizations
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low-income students ⓘ students from disadvantaged backgrounds ⓘ |
| beneficiaryRegion |
United Kingdom
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currencyOfGrants |
Pound sterling
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US dollar ⓘ |
| field |
arts
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civic engagement ⓘ community development ⓘ education ⓘ higher education access ⓘ scholarships ⓘ social justice ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| focus |
long-term philanthropic commitments
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partnerships with educational institutions ⓘ support for underrepresented groups in higher education ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Harriet Heyman
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Michael Moritz ⓘ |
| founderOccupation |
Harriet Heyman is a novelist
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Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist ⓘ |
| hasProgram | Crankstart Scholarship Programme at Oxford ⓘ |
| industry | philanthropy ⓘ |
| location |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| notableGrant |
Crankstart Scholarship at the University of Oxford
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support for low-income UK undergraduates at Oxford ⓘ |
| purpose |
to improve social mobility
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to support educational opportunity ⓘ to support the arts ⓘ to widen participation in higher education ⓘ |
| supports |
Oxford colleges
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University of Oxford ⓘ arts organizations ⓘ community-based organizations ⓘ educational charities ⓘ social mobility initiatives in the UK ⓘ students from low-income backgrounds ⓘ |
| website | https://crankstartfoundation.org ⓘ |
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: Crankstart Description of subject: Crankstart is a charitable foundation established by venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman that supports education, the arts, and social mobility initiatives.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.