Paul Piana
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Paul Piana is an American rock climber best known for pioneering the first free ascent of El Capitan’s Salathé Wall in Yosemite, a landmark achievement in big-wall free climbing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Piana canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1403955 — 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: Paul Piana Context triple: [Regular Northwest Face, notableFreeAscentBy, Paul Piana]
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A.
Paolo Riccio
Paolo Riccio was a 16th-century Jewish convert to Christianity, scholar, and theologian known for his influential writings that integrated Christian theology with Kabbalistic thought.
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B.
David Franzoni
David Franzoni is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning historical epic "Gladiator."
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C.
Leo Rossi
Leo Rossi is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in crime dramas and thrillers in film and television.
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D.
Franco Antonicelli
Franco Antonicelli was an Italian intellectual, publisher, and anti-fascist activist known for promoting important 20th-century literature and political thought.
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E.
Greg D'Auria
Greg D'Auria is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
- 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: Paul Piana Target entity description: Paul Piana is an American rock climber best known for pioneering the first free ascent of El Capitan’s Salathé Wall in Yosemite, a landmark achievement in big-wall free climbing.
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A.
Paolo Riccio
Paolo Riccio was a 16th-century Jewish convert to Christianity, scholar, and theologian known for his influential writings that integrated Christian theology with Kabbalistic thought.
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B.
David Franzoni
David Franzoni is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning historical epic "Gladiator."
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C.
Leo Rossi
Leo Rossi is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in crime dramas and thrillers in film and television.
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D.
Franco Antonicelli
Franco Antonicelli was an Italian intellectual, publisher, and anti-fascist activist known for promoting important 20th-century literature and political thought.
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E.
Greg D'Auria
Greg D'Auria is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
person ⓘ rock climber ⓘ |
| achievementType | first free ascent ⓘ |
| activityStartPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| associatedWith | Yosemite climbing community ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| climbingDiscipline |
big-wall free climbing
ⓘ
traditional climbing ⓘ |
| countryOfClimbingActivity |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fieldOfWork | climbing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasNotableRoute | Salathé Wall free route on El Capitan ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | articles about the first free ascent of the Salathé Wall ⓘ |
| knownFor |
first free ascent of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
ⓘ
pioneering big-wall free climbing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notability | landmark figure in big-wall free climbing history ⓘ |
| notableAscent |
Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite
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linked to:
Salathé Wall on El Capitan
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| notableLocationOfActivity |
El Capitan
ⓘ
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| occupation | rock climber ⓘ |
| sport | rock climbing ⓘ |
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: Paul Piana Description of subject: Paul Piana is an American rock climber best known for pioneering the first free ascent of El Capitan’s Salathé Wall in Yosemite, a landmark achievement in big-wall free climbing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.