David Gordon
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David Gordon is an economist known for his influential work in macroeconomic theory and policy, including collaborations with Robert J. Barro.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Gordon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11507970 — 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 Gordon Context triple: [Robert J. Barro, coAuthor, David Gordon]
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A.
Donald Gordon
Donald Gordon was a prominent South African-born businessman and philanthropist known for founding the financial services group Liberty Life and for his major contributions to the arts and education.
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B.
Donald Gordon
Donald Gordon was an actor known for appearing in mid-20th-century films, including the romantic comedy "No Time for Love."
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C.
James Riely Gordon
James Riely Gordon was a prominent late-19th- and early-20th-century American architect best known for designing numerous Romanesque Revival courthouses and public buildings across the United States.
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D.
Christopher Gordon
Christopher Gordon is an Australian composer best known for his orchestral film scores, including his acclaimed work on "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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E.
Jonathan Gordon
Jonathan Gordon is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Silver Linings Playbook."
- 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 Gordon Target entity description: David Gordon is an economist known for his influential work in macroeconomic theory and policy, including collaborations with Robert J. Barro.
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A.
Donald Gordon
Donald Gordon was a prominent South African-born businessman and philanthropist known for founding the financial services group Liberty Life and for his major contributions to the arts and education.
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B.
Donald Gordon
Donald Gordon was an actor known for appearing in mid-20th-century films, including the romantic comedy "No Time for Love."
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C.
James Riely Gordon
James Riely Gordon was a prominent late-19th- and early-20th-century American architect best known for designing numerous Romanesque Revival courthouses and public buildings across the United States.
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D.
Christopher Gordon
Christopher Gordon is an Australian composer best known for his orchestral film scores, including his acclaimed work on "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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E.
Jonathan Gordon
Jonathan Gordon is a film producer best known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Silver Linings Playbook."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | economist ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Robert J. Barro ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork |
economic policy
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economic theory ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to modern macroeconomic analysis
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influential research on macroeconomic policy rules ⓘ work in macroeconomic policy ⓘ work in macroeconomic theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Gordon Description of subject: David Gordon is an economist known for his influential work in macroeconomic theory and policy, including collaborations with Robert J. Barro.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.