Gold
E311837
Gold is a chemical element and precious metal highly valued for its rarity, luster, and use in jewelry, currency, and electronics.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2944693 — 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: Gold Context triple: [Murray Gold, familyName, Gold]
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A.
Gold
Gold was the codename for one of the five Allied landing beaches used by British forces during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II.
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B.
GOLD
GOLD is the radio call sign historically used by the British royal yacht HMY Britannia.
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C.
Silver
Silver is a lustrous, highly conductive precious metal widely used in jewelry, industry, and currency throughout history.
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Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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E.
Silver and Gold
"Silver and Gold" is a blues-rock song by U2, originally written in support of the anti-apartheid movement and later featured on their album and film project *Rattle and Hum*.
- 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: Gold Target entity description: Gold is a chemical element and precious metal highly valued for its rarity, luster, and use in jewelry, currency, and electronics.
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A.
Gold
Gold was the codename for one of the five Allied landing beaches used by British forces during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II.
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B.
GOLD
GOLD is the radio call sign historically used by the British royal yacht HMY Britannia.
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C.
Silver
Silver is a lustrous, highly conductive precious metal widely used in jewelry, industry, and currency throughout history.
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D.
Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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E.
Silver and Gold
"Silver and Gold" is a blues-rock song by U2, originally written in support of the anti-apartheid movement and later featured on their album and film project *Rattle and Hum*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (99)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemical element
ⓘ
precious metal ⓘ |
| appearance | metallic yellow ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
copper
ⓘ
quartz ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| atomicNumber | 79 ⓘ |
| biologicalRole | no essential biological role ⓘ |
| blockInPeriodicTable | d-block ⓘ |
| boilingPoint | 2856 °C ⓘ |
| CASNumber | 7440-57-5 ⓘ |
| chemicalSymbol | Au ⓘ |
| color |
golden
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| commonAlloyName |
rose gold
ⓘ
white gold ⓘ yellow gold ⓘ |
| crystalStructure | face-centered cubic ⓘ |
| culturalSymbolOf |
prestige
ⓘ
purity ⓘ success ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| densityAtRoomTemperature | 19.32 g/cm³ ⓘ |
| discoveredInAntiquity | true ⓘ |
| dissolvesIn |
aqua regia
ⓘ
cyanide solutions ⓘ |
| ductility | very high ⓘ |
| electricalConductivity | high ⓘ |
| electronConfiguration | [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s1 ⓘ |
| elementCategory | transition metal ⓘ |
| etymologyOfSymbol | Au from Latin "aurum" ⓘ |
| formsAlloysWith |
copper
ⓘ
nickel ⓘ palladium ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| foundIn |
alluvial deposits
ⓘ
placer deposits ⓘ vein deposits ⓘ |
| groupInPeriodicTable | 11 ⓘ |
| hardnessMohs | 2.5–3 ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
currency
ⓘ
religious artifacts ⓘ royal regalia ⓘ store of value ⓘ |
| ISO4217CurrencyCode | XAU ⓘ |
| isotopes |
195Au
ⓘ
198Au ⓘ 199Au ⓘ 200Au ⓘ 201Au ⓘ |
| latinName | Aurum ⓘ |
| malleability | very high ⓘ |
| meltingPoint | 1064.18 °C ⓘ |
| minedBy |
open-pit mining
ⓘ
placer mining ⓘ underground mining ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Old English word "geolu" meaning yellow ⓘ |
| naturalIsotope | 197Au ⓘ |
| nobleMetal | true ⓘ |
| occursInNatureAs | native metal ⓘ |
| oxidationStates |
+1
ⓘ
+3 ⓘ |
| periodInPeriodicTable | 6 ⓘ |
| phaseAtSTP | solid ⓘ |
| radioactivity | non-radioactive in its natural isotope ⓘ |
| reactivityWithAcids | does not react with most acids ⓘ |
| reflectivity | high ⓘ |
| resistanceToCorrosion | very high ⓘ |
| resistanceToOxidation | very high ⓘ |
| standardAtomicWeight | 196.96657 ⓘ |
| standardElectrodePotential | +1.50 V ⓘ |
| thermalConductivity | high ⓘ |
| thermalExpansionCoefficient | 14.2 µm/(m·K) ⓘ |
| toxicity | low chemical toxicity ⓘ |
| tradedOn | commodity markets ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardFor | gold standard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerospace components
ⓘ
bullion ⓘ catalysis ⓘ coins ⓘ decorative arts ⓘ dentistry ⓘ electronics ⓘ investment ⓘ jewelry ⓘ medals and awards ⓘ monetary reserves ⓘ nanotechnology applications ⓘ plating and coating ⓘ |
| usedIn |
connectors and contacts
ⓘ
diagnostic agents ⓘ infrared shielding ⓘ medical implants ⓘ printed circuit boards ⓘ reflective coatings for spacecraft ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
chemical stability
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luster ⓘ rarity ⓘ workability ⓘ |
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: Gold Description of subject: Gold is a chemical element and precious metal highly valued for its rarity, luster, and use in jewelry, currency, and electronics.
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