Thomas De Witt
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Thomas De Witt is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, most commonly associated with American clergymen and public figures from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas De Witt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2272861 — 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: Thomas De Witt Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Thomas De Witt]
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A.
Simeon De Witt
Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
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B.
James McHenry
James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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C.
George S. Clinton
George S. Clinton is an American composer best known for his work on film scores, particularly for the Austin Powers comedy series.
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D.
George Clinton
George Clinton was an American Founding Father, longtime governor of New York, and one of the first vice presidents of the United States, serving under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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E.
Philo Delano
Philo Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family, an American lineage known for its historical influence and connections to notable political figures.
- 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: Thomas De Witt Target entity description: Thomas De Witt is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, most commonly associated with American clergymen and public figures from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Simeon De Witt
Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
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B.
James McHenry
James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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C.
George S. Clinton
George S. Clinton is an American composer best known for his work on film scores, particularly for the Austin Powers comedy series.
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D.
George Clinton
George Clinton was an American Founding Father, longtime governor of New York, and one of the first vice presidents of the United States, serving under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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E.
Philo Delano
Philo Delano was a member of the prominent Delano family, an American lineage known for its historical influence and connections to notable political figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name and surname
ⓘ
human name ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| component |
De Witt
ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | De Witt ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariant |
Thomas DeWitt
ⓘ
linked to:
William De Witt
Thomas Dewitt ⓘ |
| mayReferTo | multiple individuals ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| notableBearersCentury |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| notableBearersOccupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
public figure ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Thomas De Witt Description of subject: Thomas De Witt is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals, most commonly associated with American clergymen and public figures from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.