David Goldstein
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David Goldstein is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including science, business, and the arts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Goldstein canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11133087 — 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: David Goldstein Context triple: [David Goldstein, name, David Goldstein]
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A.
David Goldstein
David Goldstein is the birth name of Rupert Holmes, the British-American singer-songwriter, playwright, and creator of the hit song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)."
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B.
Michael Goldstein
Michael Goldstein is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as academia, business, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
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C.
Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein was a prominent British statistician known for his influential work in multilevel modeling and educational statistics.
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D.
Martin Goldstein
Martin Goldstein, nicknamed "Buggsy," was an American mobster and hitman associated with Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Andrew Goldstein
Andrew Goldstein is an American songwriter and record producer known for his work with major pop and rock artists across the contemporary music industry.
- 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: David Goldstein Target entity description: David Goldstein is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including science, business, and the arts.
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A.
David Goldstein
David Goldstein is the birth name of Rupert Holmes, the British-American singer-songwriter, playwright, and creator of the hit song "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)."
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B.
Michael Goldstein
Michael Goldstein is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as academia, business, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
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C.
Harvey Goldstein
Harvey Goldstein was a prominent British statistician known for his influential work in multilevel modeling and educational statistics.
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D.
Martin Goldstein
Martin Goldstein, nicknamed "Buggsy," was an American mobster and hitman associated with Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Andrew Goldstein
Andrew Goldstein is an American songwriter and record producer known for his work with major pop and rock artists across the contemporary music industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human name ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer |
Canadian Football League
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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human genetics ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ medical genetics ⓘ music ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Goldstein
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Goldstein ⓘ Goldstein ⓘ Goldstein ⓘ Goldstein ⓘ Goldstein ⓘ Goldstein ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
David
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David ⓘ David ⓘ David ⓘ David ⓘ David ⓘ David ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameComponentOrigin |
David is a Hebrew given name
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linked to:
David (English given name)
Goldstein is a Germanic-language surname of Jewish origin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research on genetic basis of neurological disorders
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research on human genetic variation ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
ⓘ
geneticist ⓘ journalist ⓘ musician ⓘ rabbi ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Operating Officer of the Canadian Football League
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director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
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: David Goldstein Description of subject: David Goldstein is a common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including science, business, and the arts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.