David Green
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David Green is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the arts-and-crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Green canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2961458 — 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: David Green Context triple: [Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., foundedBy, David Green]
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A.
David M. Green
David M. Green is a distinguished figure in the field of acoustics recognized for his significant contributions with the prestigious ASA Gold Medal.
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B.
David Gest
David Gest was an American television personality and music producer best known for his high-profile marriage to entertainer Liza Minnelli and his appearances on British reality TV.
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C.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a prominent 16th-century English Separatist leader and clergyman who advocated for congregational independence from the Church of England and was executed for his nonconformist religious views.
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D.
David Arnold
David Arnold is a British film composer best known for his work on several James Bond soundtracks and other major Hollywood films.
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E.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
- 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: David Green Target entity description: David Green is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the arts-and-crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby.
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A.
David M. Green
David M. Green is a distinguished figure in the field of acoustics recognized for his significant contributions with the prestigious ASA Gold Medal.
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B.
David Gest
David Gest was an American television personality and music producer best known for his high-profile marriage to entertainer Liza Minnelli and his appearances on British reality TV.
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C.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood was a prominent 16th-century English Separatist leader and clergyman who advocated for congregational independence from the Church of England and was executed for his nonconformist religious views.
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D.
David Arnold
David Arnold is a British film composer best known for his work on several James Bond soundtracks and other major Hollywood films.
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E.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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businessperson ⓘ chief executive officer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ retail chain ⓘ |
| businessModel | privately held family business ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
|
| familyName | Green ⓘ |
| founded |
Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasBusinessPractice |
closing stores on Sundays
ⓘ
emphasis on Christian values in corporate culture ⓘ |
| hasChild | Steve Green ⓘ |
| hasNetWorthStatus | billionaire ⓘ |
| hasPhilanthropicFocus |
Christian ministries
ⓘ
charitable giving based on biblical principles ⓘ education ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Steve Green ⓘ |
| industry |
arts and crafts supplies
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
business press profiles
ⓘ
discussions on faith and business ethics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arts-and-crafts retailing
ⓘ
founding Hobby Lobby ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | David Green ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | integrating Christian principles into business operations ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Hobby Lobby into a national retail chain ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ retail executive ⓘ |
| philanthropyIncludes |
donations to educational institutions
ⓘ
donations to religious organizations ⓘ support for Bible-related projects ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief executive officer of Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
founder of Hobby Lobby ⓘ president of Hobby Lobby ⓘ |
| religion |
Evangelical Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Evangelicalism
|
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
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: David Green Description of subject: David Green is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the arts-and-crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.