Charles Alton Ellis
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Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Alton Ellis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T602995 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Alton Ellis Context triple: [Golden Gate Bridge, engineer, Charles Alton Ellis]
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A.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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B.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
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C.
R. W. Elliott
R. W. Elliott was a South Carolina school board official known for his role as a defendant in the landmark desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott, one of the cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
J. A. L. Waddell
J. A. L. Waddell was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer renowned for his innovative movable bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Harry L. Parr
Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
- 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: Charles Alton Ellis Target entity description: Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
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A.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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B.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
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C.
R. W. Elliott
R. W. Elliott was a South Carolina school board official known for his role as a defendant in the landmark desegregation case Briggs v. Elliott, one of the cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
J. A. L. Waddell
J. A. L. Waddell was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer renowned for his innovative movable bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Harry L. Parr
Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil engineer
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human ⓘ structural engineer ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
structural analysis
ⓘ
suspension bridges ⓘ |
| awardReceived | posthumous recognition for Golden Gate Bridge design contributions ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Joseph Strauss
ⓘ
Leon Moisseiff ⓘ |
| contributedTo | mathematical calculations for the Golden Gate Bridge main span ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed | structural system of the Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| employer | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| familyName | Ellis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bridge engineering
ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasRole | principal structural designer of the Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ |
| hasWork | technical reports on Golden Gate Bridge design ⓘ |
| influenced | modern long-span bridge design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible
ⓘ
performing complex mathematical analysis for the Golden Gate Bridge design ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Charles Alton Ellis ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | developed detailed structural analysis for the Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ |
| notableWork | Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
ⓘ
structural engineer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| partOf | design team of the Golden Gate Bridge ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
United States West Coast ⓘ
linked to:
West Coast of the United States
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| workLocation |
Illinois
ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ |
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