Whitman
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Whitman is a common English-language surname borne by various notable figures in literature, arts, and public life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whitman canonical | 26 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11135875 — 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: Whitman Context triple: [Robert Whitman, familyName, Whitman]
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A.
Whitman
Whitman is a residential neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its rowhomes, diverse community, and proximity to the Delaware River waterfront.
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B.
Whitman
Whitman is a small town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, known as the birthplace of the chocolate chip cookie.
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C.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous early 20th-century motion pictures.
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D.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was a pioneering 19th-century American poet and essayist best known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves of Grass," which profoundly influenced modern literature.
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E.
Edward Dickinson
Edward Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, politician, and civic leader best known as the father of poet Emily Dickinson.
- 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: Whitman Target entity description: Whitman is a common English-language surname borne by various notable figures in literature, arts, and public life.
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A.
Whitman
Whitman is a small town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, known as the birthplace of the chocolate chip cookie.
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B.
Whitman
Whitman is a residential neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its rowhomes, diverse community, and proximity to the Delaware River waterfront.
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C.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous early 20th-century motion pictures.
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D.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was a pioneering 19th-century American poet and essayist best known for his groundbreaking poetry collection "Leaves of Grass," which profoundly influenced modern literature.
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E.
Edward Dickinson
Edward Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, politician, and civic leader best known as the father of poet Emily Dickinson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Hewlett-Packard
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eBay ⓘ |
| familyName |
Whitman
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Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ Whitman ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Bernard Whitman
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Beth Slater Whitson ⓘ Charles S. Whitman ⓘ John Whitman ⓘ Malcolm Whitman ⓘ Marcus Whitman ⓘ Meg Whitman ⓘ Sarah Helen Power Whitman ⓘ Slim Whitman ⓘ Stuart Whitman ⓘ Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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business executive ⓘ essayist ⓘ journalist ⓘ missionary ⓘ physician ⓘ poet ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ singer ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| usedBy | multiple people ⓘ |
| usedIn | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Whitman Description of subject: Whitman is a common English-language surname borne by various notable figures in literature, arts, and public life.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Walt Whitman
subject linked to:
Christine Todd Whitman – Republican Party (United States)
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Whitman
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Whitman
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Whitman
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Whitman
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Whitman
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Whitman
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Whitman
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