Jud Ashman
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Jud Ashman is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jud Ashman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090544 — 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: Jud Ashman Context triple: [Gaithersburg, hasMayor, Jud Ashman]
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A.
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman was an American lyricist, playwright, and producer best known for his acclaimed work on Disney animated musicals such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."
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B.
Alan Menken
Alan Menken is an American composer and songwriter best known for creating the music to numerous Disney animated films, including "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."
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C.
Mack David
Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
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D.
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz is an American composer and lyricist renowned for his work in musical theatre and film, including the scores and songs for productions such as "Wicked," "Godspell," and Disney's "Pocahontas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
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E.
Walter Murphy
Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
- 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: Jud Ashman Target entity description: Jud Ashman is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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A.
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman was an American lyricist, playwright, and producer best known for his acclaimed work on Disney animated musicals such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."
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B.
Alan Menken
Alan Menken is an American composer and songwriter best known for creating the music to numerous Disney animated films, including "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."
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C.
Mack David
Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
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D.
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz is an American composer and lyricist renowned for his work in musical theatre and film, including the scores and songs for productions such as "Wicked," "Godspell," and Disney's "Pocahontas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
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E.
Walter Murphy
Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mayor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery County
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
United States of America ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
City of Gaithersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
| ethnicGroup |
Americans
ⓘ
linked to:
American
|
| fieldOfWork |
local government
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ urban policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jud ⓘ |
| hasRole |
city council member
ⓘ
mayor ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American local politicians ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
City of Gaithersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | municipal ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
United States of America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
local politics in Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
serving as mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf | local government of Gaithersburg, Maryland ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
municipal government of Gaithersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
| politicalSphere | local politics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
member of the Gaithersburg City Council ⓘ |
| residence |
Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
Maryland ⓘ Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery County
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Gaithersburg, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery County
|
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: Jud Ashman Description of subject: Jud Ashman is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.