Deaton
E311125
Deaton is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deaton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2927530 — 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: Deaton Context triple: [Charles Deaton, familyName, Deaton]
-
A.
Erving
Erving is the surname of Julius Erving, the Hall of Fame American basketball player widely known as "Dr. J."
-
B.
Niton
Niton is a coastal village on the southern tip of the Isle of Wight in England, known for its scenic cliffs and rural character.
-
C.
Dinneen
Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
-
D.
Micali
Micali is an Italian surname most notably associated with Silvio Micali, a Turing Award–winning computer scientist and cryptographer.
-
E.
Nesta
Nesta is the middle name of legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
- 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: Deaton Target entity description: Deaton is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton.
-
A.
Erving
Erving is the surname of Julius Erving, the Hall of Fame American basketball player widely known as "Dr. J."
-
B.
Niton
Niton is a coastal village on the southern tip of the Isle of Wight in England, known for its scenic cliffs and rural character.
-
C.
Dinneen
Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
-
D.
Micali
Micali is an Italian surname most notably associated with Silvio Micali, a Turing Award–winning computer scientist and cryptographer.
-
E.
Nesta
Nesta is the middle name of legendary Jamaican reggae musician and cultural icon Bob Marley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economics
ⓘ
economist ⓘ economist ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Case
ⓘ
Deaton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
development economics
ⓘ
health economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Angus ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Angus Deaton ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
ⓘ
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| spouse |
Angus Deaton
ⓘ
Anne Case ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Deaton Description of subject: Deaton is a surname most notably associated with individuals such as Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Deaton