Blodgett
E91916
Blodgett is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blodgett canonical | 18 |
| Blodgett (surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T781206 — 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: Blodgett Context triple: [William Tilden Blodgett, familyName, Blodgett]
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A.
Robart
Robart is an alternative spelling of the given name Robert, typically used as a personal or family name.
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B.
Beekman
Beekman is a small town in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural character and residential communities within the Hudson Valley region.
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C.
Blomberg
Blomberg is a small town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known as the birthplace of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
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D.
Von Maur
Von Maur is an American upscale department store chain known for its high-end fashion, customer service, and presence in major shopping malls across the Midwest and South.
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E.
Seward’s Icebox
Seward’s Icebox is a derisive 19th-century nickname for the U.S. acquisition of Alaska, mocking Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase as a frozen, worthless wasteland.
- 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: Blodgett Target entity description: Blodgett is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
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A.
Robart
Robart is an alternative spelling of the given name Robert, typically used as a personal or family name.
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B.
Beekman
Beekman is a small town in Dutchess County, New York, known for its rural character and residential communities within the Hudson Valley region.
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C.
Blomberg
Blomberg is a small town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known as the birthplace of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
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D.
Von Maur
Von Maur is an American upscale department store chain known for its high-end fashion, customer service, and presence in major shopping malls across the Midwest and South.
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E.
Seward’s Icebox
Seward’s Icebox is a derisive 19th-century nickname for the U.S. acquisition of Alaska, mocking Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase as a frozen, worthless wasteland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Abby
ⓘ
linked to:
Abigail
Albert ⓘ Benjamin ⓘ Delos ⓘ Gardner ⓘ Jean Paul ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Paul
Katherine ⓘ
linked to:
Kathryn
Rufus ⓘ Warren ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Abby Blodgett
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Albert D. Blodgett ⓘ Benjamin F. Blodgett ⓘ Delos A. Blodgett ⓘ Gardner Blodgett ⓘ Jean Paul Blodgett ⓘ Katherine Blodgett ⓘ Rufus Blodgett ⓘ Warren K. Blodgett ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
businessman
ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ lumber baron ⓘ medical missionary ⓘ physician ⓘ physicist ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
Blodgett
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Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ Blodgett ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Blodget ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Blodgett Description of subject: Blodgett is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, business, and the arts.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.