newton
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The newton is the SI unit of force, defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a one-kilogram mass by one meter per second squared.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| newton canonical | 3 |
| newton (unit) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1285965 — 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: newton Context triple: [Newton's second law of motion, hasUnitForForce, newton]
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Newton
Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
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Nonantum, Newton
Nonantum is a historic village and neighborhood within the city of Newton, Massachusetts, known for its strong Italian-American heritage and close-knit community.
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The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys is a 1998 crime drama film based on the true story of a gang of Texas brothers who became some of the most successful bank robbers in American history.
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Newtonian mechanics
Newtonian mechanics is the classical theory of motion and forces that explains how macroscopic objects move under the influence of forces, forming the foundation of classical physics.
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
- 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: newton Target entity description: The newton is the SI unit of force, defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a one-kilogram mass by one meter per second squared.
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A.
Newton
Newton is a suburban city in Massachusetts known for its residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and proximity to Boston.
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B.
Nonantum, Newton
Nonantum is a historic village and neighborhood within the city of Newton, Massachusetts, known for its strong Italian-American heritage and close-knit community.
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C.
The Newton Boys
The Newton Boys is a 1998 crime drama film based on the true story of a gang of Texas brothers who became some of the most successful bank robbers in American history.
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D.
Newtonian mechanics
Newtonian mechanics is the classical theory of motion and forces that explains how macroscopic objects move under the influence of forces, forming the foundation of classical physics.
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E.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: newton Description of subject: The newton is the SI unit of force, defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a one-kilogram mass by one meter per second squared.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: newton