Old Reliable
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Old Reliable is the historic nickname of Michigan’s Quincy Mine, a highly productive and long-operating copper mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Reliable canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10773620 — 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: Old Reliable Context triple: [Quincy Mine, nickname, Old Reliable]
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A.
Olden
Olden is a surname most notably associated with Charles Smith Olden, a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey.
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B.
Old
"Old" is a 2021 psychological horror thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about a family on a secluded beach where rapid aging turns a single day into a lifetime.
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C.
Old Q
Old Q was the popular nickname of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, an 18th-century Scottish nobleman notorious in London society for his immense wealth, gambling, and libertine lifestyle.
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D.
Old Man
"Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
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E.
Just Older
"Just Older" is a rock song by Bon Jovi from their 2000 album "Crush," reflecting on aging and maturity with a nostalgic yet upbeat tone.
- 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: Old Reliable Target entity description: Old Reliable is the historic nickname of Michigan’s Quincy Mine, a highly productive and long-operating copper mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula.
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A.
Olden
Olden is a surname most notably associated with Charles Smith Olden, a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey.
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B.
Old
"Old" is a 2021 psychological horror thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about a family on a secluded beach where rapid aging turns a single day into a lifetime.
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C.
Old Q
Old Q was the popular nickname of William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, an 18th-century Scottish nobleman notorious in London society for his immense wealth, gambling, and libertine lifestyle.
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D.
Old Man
"Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
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E.
Just Older
"Just Older" is a rock song by Bon Jovi from their 2000 album "Crush," reflecting on aging and maturity with a nostalgic yet upbeat tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copper mine
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | copper mine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Michigan copper mining history
ⓘ
Quincy Mining Company ⓘ
linked to:
Quincy Mine
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denotes | a reliable source of copper production ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Old Reliable ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
high productivity
ⓘ
long-term operation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high copper production
ⓘ
long period of operation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Keweenaw Peninsula
ⓘ
Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Michigan ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableFor | association with Quincy Mine ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Quincy Mining Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Quincy Mine
|
| partOf |
Keweenaw copper district
ⓘ
linked to:
Keweenaw copper mining district
|
| refersTo | Quincy Mine ⓘ |
| region | Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| usedAs | historic nickname ⓘ |
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: Old Reliable Description of subject: Old Reliable is the historic nickname of Michigan’s Quincy Mine, a highly productive and long-operating copper mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Old Reliable