Robert MacLean
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Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert MacLean canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11356804 — 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: Robert MacLean Context triple: [Annie MacLean, spouse, Robert MacLean]
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A.
David MacLean
David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
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B.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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C.
John MacRae
John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
- 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: Robert MacLean Target entity description: Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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A.
David MacLean
David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
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B.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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C.
John MacRae
John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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E.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sociology ⓘ |
| notableAs | prominent figure in early American sociology ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean ⓘ |
| occupation | sociologist ⓘ |
| spouse |
Annie Marion MacLean
ⓘ
Robert MacLean ⓘ |
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: Robert MacLean Description of subject: Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.