August Belmont Sr.
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August Belmont Sr. was a 19th-century American financier, diplomat, and prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who became a leading figure in New York’s social and political life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| August Belmont Sr. canonical | 7 |
| August Belmont | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4386437 — 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: August Belmont Sr. Context triple: [Belmont Stakes, namedAfter, August Belmont Sr.]
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August Belmont Jr.
August Belmont Jr. was an American financier and prominent New York businessman best known for his major role in developing the city’s early subway system and for his involvement in thoroughbred horse racing.
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B.
Edmond Beloin
Edmond Beloin was an American screenwriter and radio writer known for his work on Hollywood films and popular radio comedies in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Ludovico Cabot
Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
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D.
Charles Mangin
Charles Mangin was a prominent French general of World War I, noted for his aggressive tactics and key role in major Allied offensives on the Western Front.
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E.
Armand Duval
Armand Duval is the romantic male lead of Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," widely known through numerous stage and film adaptations.
- 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: August Belmont Sr. Target entity description: August Belmont Sr. was a 19th-century American financier, diplomat, and prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who became a leading figure in New York’s social and political life.
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A.
August Belmont Jr.
August Belmont Jr. was an American financier and prominent New York businessman best known for his major role in developing the city’s early subway system and for his involvement in thoroughbred horse racing.
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B.
Edmond Beloin
Edmond Beloin was an American screenwriter and radio writer known for his work on Hollywood films and popular radio comedies in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Ludovico Cabot
Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
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D.
Charles Mangin
Charles Mangin was a prominent French general of World War I, noted for his aggressive tactics and key role in major Allied offensives on the Western Front.
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E.
Armand Duval
Armand Duval is the romantic male lead of Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias," widely known through numerous stage and film adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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diplomat ⓘ financier ⓘ human ⓘ racehorse breeder ⓘ racehorse owner ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1813-12-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Alzey ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| child |
August Belmont Jr.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont ⓘ Perry Belmont ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Confederation
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1890-11-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| employer |
Rothschild banking house
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linked to:
N M Rothschild & Sons
|
| endTime (DNC chairmanship) | 1872 ⓘ |
| endTime (Netherlands diplomatic service) | 1858 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Germans ⓘ |
| familyName | Belmont ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw |
Matthew C. Perry
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linked to:
Matthew Calbraith Perry
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| givenName | August ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American Thoroughbred racing ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party (United States)
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linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| name | August Belmont Sr. ⓘ |
| namesakeOf | Belmont Stakes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding
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influence in 19th-century American finance ⓘ leadership in the Democratic Party during and after the American Civil War ⓘ prominent role in New York social life ⓘ support for Union war financing during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of American branch of the Rothschild banking interests ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
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diplomat ⓘ financier ⓘ politician ⓘ racehorse breeder ⓘ racehorse owner ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States chargé d’affaires to the Netherlands
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linked to:
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
United States minister resident to the Netherlands ⓘ
linked to:
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
chair of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Caroline Slidell Perry ⓘ |
| startTime (DNC chairmanship) | 1860 ⓘ |
| startTime (Netherlands diplomatic service) | 1853 ⓘ |
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: August Belmont Sr. Description of subject: August Belmont Sr. was a 19th-century American financier, diplomat, and prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who became a leading figure in New York’s social and political life.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: August Belmont Sr.
linked to: August Belmont Sr.
linked to: August Belmont Sr.