Glass
E176595
Glass is a common surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in politics, arts, and other fields.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glass canonical | 7 |
| Glass family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1537786 — 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: Glass Context triple: [Carter Glass, familyName, Glass]
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A.
Sky Glass
Sky Glass is Sky’s integrated smart television platform that combines a 4K TV with built-in streaming, live TV, and voice control without requiring a satellite dish.
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B.
Venetian glass
Venetian glass is a renowned style of artistic glassware, traditionally handcrafted on the island of Murano near Venice, celebrated for its intricate designs, vibrant colors, and exceptional craftsmanship.
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C.
Tiffany glass dome
The Tiffany glass dome is an ornate stained-glass architectural centerpiece designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, renowned for its intricate artistry and luminous, colorful glasswork.
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D.
Luster
Luster is a minor but significant character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," serving as a young Black caretaker to Benjy Compson and reflecting the social and racial dynamics of the Compson household.
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E.
Glass House
Glass House is a landmark modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect Philip Johnson and celebrated for its minimalist, transparent glass-and-steel construction.
- 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: Glass Target entity description: Glass is a common surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in politics, arts, and other fields.
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A.
Sky Glass
Sky Glass is Sky’s integrated smart television platform that combines a 4K TV with built-in streaming, live TV, and voice control without requiring a satellite dish.
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B.
Venetian glass
Venetian glass is a renowned style of artistic glassware, traditionally handcrafted on the island of Murano near Venice, celebrated for its intricate designs, vibrant colors, and exceptional craftsmanship.
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C.
Tiffany glass dome
The Tiffany glass dome is an ornate stained-glass architectural centerpiece designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, renowned for its intricate artistry and luminous, colorful glasswork.
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D.
Luster
Luster is a minor but significant character in William Faulkner’s novel "The Sound and the Fury," serving as a young Black caretaker to Benjy Compson and reflecting the social and racial dynamics of the Compson household.
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E.
Glass House
Glass House is a landmark modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architect Philip Johnson and celebrated for its minimalist, transparent glass-and-steel construction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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Scottish surname ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Glass
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Glass ⓘ Glass ⓘ Glass ⓘ |
| genre | minimal music ⓘ |
| givenName |
Carter
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Ira ⓘ Julia ⓘ Philip ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alyssa Glass
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Andy Glass ⓘ Ben Glass ⓘ Carter Glass ⓘ Charles Glass ⓘ Ira Glass ⓘ Jack Glass ⓘ Joan Glass ⓘ Julia Glass ⓘ Leonard Glass ⓘ Leslie Glass ⓘ Marshall Glass ⓘ Merle Glass ⓘ Paul Glass ⓘ Philip Glass ⓘ Sam Glass ⓘ Spencer Glass ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin |
England
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Scotland ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Einstein on the Beach
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This American Life ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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novelist ⓘ politician ⓘ producer ⓘ radio host ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Secretary of the Treasury
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linked to:
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Senator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Glass Description of subject: Glass is a common surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in politics, arts, and other fields.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.