Newman
E895523
Newman is the comically antagonistic mailman and neighbor of Jerry Seinfeld on the television sitcom "Seinfeld."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Newman canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10944037 — 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: Newman Context triple: [Wayne Knight, characterPlayed, Newman]
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A.
Newman
Newman is a remote mining town in Western Australia known primarily for its large iron ore operations and role as a major hub in the Pilbara region.
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B.
Newman
Newman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as film, music, politics, and academia.
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C.
J. F. Newman
J. F. Newman is a scientist or researcher known for discovering the entity designated VX.
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D.
Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
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E.
William Newman
William Newman is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as computer science, acting, and academia.
- 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: Newman Target entity description: Newman is the comically antagonistic mailman and neighbor of Jerry Seinfeld on the television sitcom "Seinfeld."
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A.
Newman
Newman is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as film, music, politics, and academia.
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B.
Newman
Newman is a remote mining town in Western Australia known primarily for its large iron ore operations and role as a major hub in the Pilbara region.
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C.
J. F. Newman
J. F. Newman is a scientist or researcher known for discovering the entity designated VX.
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D.
Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
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E.
William Newman
William Newman is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as computer science, acting, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
sitcom character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| antagonistOf | Jerry Seinfeld ⓘ |
| appearsAlongside |
Cosmo Kramer
ⓘ
Elaine Benes ⓘ George Costanza ⓘ Jerry Seinfeld ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Seinfeld ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
mail delivery
ⓘ
postal service humor ⓘ |
| basedInFictionalLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| characterType | comic antagonist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInSeries | Seinfeld ⓘ |
| friendOf | Cosmo Kramer ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenre | sitcom ⓘ |
| knownFor |
antagonistic relationship with Jerry Seinfeld
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catchphrase-like greeting from Jerry: “Hello, Newman” ⓘ close friendship with Kramer ⓘ scheming personality ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| neighborOf | Jerry Seinfeld ⓘ |
| occupation | mailman ⓘ |
| partOf |
Seinfeld ensemble cast
ⓘ
linked to:
Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer
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| portrayedBy | Wayne Knight ⓘ |
| residence | apartment in Jerry Seinfeld’s building ⓘ |
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: Newman Description of subject: Newman is the comically antagonistic mailman and neighbor of Jerry Seinfeld on the television sitcom "Seinfeld."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.