Green family
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The Green family is an American evangelical Christian family best known for founding and owning the Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-crafts stores and for their prominent role in religious and cultural philanthropy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Green family canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2961465 — 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)
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Target entity: Green family Context triple: [Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., ownedBy, Green family]
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A.
Grey family
The Grey family is a notable British aristocratic lineage historically prominent in politics and society, including figures such as statesmen and nobility.
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B.
Johnson family
The Johnson family is an American business dynasty best known for its ownership of the New York Jets and its ties to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.
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C.
West family
The West family is a high-profile American celebrity family best known for including rapper and producer Kanye West and media personality Kim Kardashian and their children.
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D.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central household in the classic 1944 musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," depicting their everyday joys, romances, and challenges in early 20th-century St. Louis.
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E.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central human household in the animated television series "American Dad!", with whom the extraterrestrial character Roger the Alien lives and interacts.
- 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: Green family Target entity description: The Green family is an American evangelical Christian family best known for founding and owning the Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-crafts stores and for their prominent role in religious and cultural philanthropy.
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A.
Grey family
The Grey family is a notable British aristocratic lineage historically prominent in politics and society, including figures such as statesmen and nobility.
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B.
Johnson family
The Johnson family is an American business dynasty best known for its ownership of the New York Jets and its ties to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.
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C.
West family
The West family is a high-profile American celebrity family best known for including rapper and producer Kanye West and media personality Kim Kardashian and their children.
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D.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central household in the classic 1944 musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," depicting their everyday joys, romances, and challenges in early 20th-century St. Louis.
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E.
Smith family
The Smith family is the central human household in the animated television series "American Dad!", with whom the extraterrestrial character Roger the Alien lives and interacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
ⓘ
business family ⓘ evangelical Christian family ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
ⓘ
Mardel Christian & Education ⓘ
linked to:
Mardel, Inc.
Museum of the Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Bible museum
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| businessInterest |
Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Mardel Christian & Education ⓘ
linked to:
Mardel, Inc.
|
| businessModel | privately held company ownership ⓘ |
| charitableGiving |
donations to evangelical ministries
ⓘ
funding for Bible scholarship and translation projects ⓘ support for Christian education institutions ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| economicActivity | arts-and-crafts retail sector ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
|
| founderOf |
Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
|
| generation | multi-generational family business ⓘ |
| headquartersLocationOfMainBusiness |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
|
| industry | retail ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural philanthropy
ⓘ
founding Hobby Lobby ⓘ owning Hobby Lobby ⓘ religious philanthropy ⓘ |
| legalNotability | religious freedom litigation in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
American culture wars
ⓘ
corporate religious liberty debates ⓘ |
| member |
Barbara Green
ⓘ
Darryl Green ⓘ David Green ⓘ Jackie Green ⓘ Mart Green ⓘ Steve Green ⓘ |
| ownerOf |
Hobby Lobby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
|
| philanthropicFocus |
Bible-related projects
ⓘ
arts and culture ⓘ education ⓘ evangelical Christian causes ⓘ |
| philanthropicVehicle | family-controlled foundations ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | socially conservative ⓘ |
| publicStance | opposition to certain Affordable Care Act contraception mandates ⓘ |
| religion |
Evangelical Christianity
ⓘ
linked to:
Evangelicalism
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| values |
Christian stewardship
ⓘ
public expression of evangelical faith ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Green family Description of subject: The Green family is an American evangelical Christian family best known for founding and owning the Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-crafts stores and for their prominent role in religious and cultural philanthropy.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Green family holdings
subject linked to:
Green family holdings
subject linked to:
Green family holdings
subject linked to:
Green family holdings
subject linked to:
Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.