Bethany
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Bethany is the first name of Bethany Hamilton, the American professional surfer known for surviving a shark attack and returning to competitive surfing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bethany canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4467022 — 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: Bethany Context triple: [Bethany Hamilton, givenName, Bethany]
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A.
Bethany
Bethany is a village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament, traditionally known as the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and a frequent place visited by Jesus.
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B.
Bethany
Bethany is a small, rural town in south-central Connecticut known for its open spaces and residential character.
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C.
Medstead
Medstead is a rural village in Hampshire, England, known for its countryside setting and traditional English village character.
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D.
Fairview
Fairview is a residential neighborhood located within the city of Camden, New Jersey.
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E.
Fairview
Fairview is a community in Alameda County, California, situated adjacent to the city of Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- 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: Bethany Target entity description: Bethany is the first name of Bethany Hamilton, the American professional surfer known for surviving a shark attack and returning to competitive surfing.
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A.
Bethany
Bethany is a village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament, traditionally known as the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and a frequent place visited by Jesus.
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B.
Bethany
Bethany is a small, rural town in south-central Connecticut known for its open spaces and residential character.
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C.
Medstead
Medstead is a rural village in Hampshire, England, known for its countryside setting and traditional English village character.
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D.
Fairview
Fairview is a residential neighborhood located within the city of Camden, New Jersey.
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E.
Fairview
Fairview is a community in Alameda County, California, situated adjacent to the city of Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional surfer ⓘ |
| ageAtTimeOfSharkAttack | 13 ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii
|
| causeOfInjury | shark attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1990-02-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamilton ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Bethany ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | white American ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | adaptive surfing community ⓘ |
| hasInstagramProfile | https://www.instagram.com/bethanyhamilton ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Beth ⓘ |
| hasPhilanthropicFocus |
support for amputees
ⓘ
youth mentorship ⓘ |
| hasReligiousThemeInWork | Christian faith ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Kauai, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Noah Hamilton
ⓘ
Timothy Hamilton ⓘ |
| hasTwitterProfile | https://twitter.com/bethanyhamilton ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://bethanyhamilton.com ⓘ |
| hasYouTubeChannel | https://www.youtube.com/user/BethanyHamiltonSurf ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Soul Surfer (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Soul Surfer
|
| knownFor |
competitive big-wave surfing
ⓘ
faith-based motivational speaking ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lostLimb | left arm ⓘ |
| notableFor |
returning to professional surfing after a shark attack
ⓘ
surviving a shark attack ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
ⓘ
linked to:
Soul Surfer
|
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
motivational speaker ⓘ surfer ⓘ |
| parent |
Cheri Hamilton
ⓘ
Tom Hamilton ⓘ |
| participatedIn | professional surfing competitions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lihue, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | AnnaSophia Robb ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| resumedSurfing | yes ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sport | surfing ⓘ |
| spouse | Adam Dirks ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film Soul Surfer
ⓘ
linked to:
Soul Surfer
|
| timeToReturnToSurfing | about one month after the attack ⓘ |
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: Bethany Description of subject: Bethany is the first name of Bethany Hamilton, the American professional surfer known for surviving a shark attack and returning to competitive surfing.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.