Thompson
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Thompson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, politics, and science.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thompson canonical | 54 |
| Johnson-Thompson | 1 |
| Tompson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167889 — 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: Thompson Context triple: [Emma Thompson, familyName, Thompson]
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A.
Powell
Powell is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, finance, sports, and the arts.
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B.
John S. Thompsonbrug
John S. Thompsonbrug is a notable bridge in the Dutch town of Grave, known for its strategic importance and role in World War II.
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C.
Richardson
Richardson is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its telecommunications industry and the University of Texas at Dallas.
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D.
Trent
The Trent is one of the principal rivers in England, flowing through the Midlands and joining the Humber estuary before reaching the North Sea.
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E.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
- 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: Thompson Target entity description: Thompson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, politics, and science.
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A.
Powell
Powell is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, finance, sports, and the arts.
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B.
John S. Thompsonbrug
John S. Thompsonbrug is a notable bridge in the Dutch town of Grave, known for its strategic importance and role in World War II.
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C.
Richardson
Richardson is a suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its telecommunications industry and the University of Texas at Dallas.
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D.
Trent
The Trent is one of the principal rivers in England, flowing through the Midlands and joining the Humber estuary before reaching the North Sea.
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E.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Thompson Description of subject: Thompson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, politics, and science.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thompson
subject linked to:
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
subject linked to:
Linda Thompson (American songwriter)
subject linked to:
Tommy Thompson (American politician)
subject linked to:
Fred Thompson (American politician and actor)
subject linked to:
Francis Thompson (English poet)
subject linked to:
Richmond
subject linked to:
Oxley
subject linked to:
Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
subject linked to:
Samantha Thompson
linked to: Thompson