David B. Steinman
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David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David B. Steinman canonical | 20 |
| David Barnard Steinman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T386975 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David B. Steinman Context triple: [St. Johns Bridge, designer, David B. Steinman]
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A.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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B.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
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C.
Walter Murphy
Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
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D.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
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E.
Janno Lieber
Janno Lieber is an American public official and transportation executive who leads New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, overseeing the city’s vast subway, bus, and commuter rail systems.
- 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 B. Steinman Target entity description: David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
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A.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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B.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
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C.
Walter Murphy
Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
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D.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler was an influential American biochemist and longtime president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
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E.
Janno Lieber
Janno Lieber is an American public official and transportation executive who leads New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, overseeing the city’s vast subway, bus, and commuter rail systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American engineer
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bridge designer ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Roebling Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-06-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-08-21 ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | suspension bridge design ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
City College of New York
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer | City College of New York ⓘ |
| familyName | Steinman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bridge engineering
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civil engineering ⓘ |
| fullName |
David Barnard Steinman
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linked to:
David B. Steinman
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| genre | engineering non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in civil engineering ⓘ |
| influencedBy | collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (in his aerodynamic work) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
20th-century long-span bridge projects
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advocacy of bridge safety and aerodynamics ⓘ design of long-span suspension bridges ⓘ improvements in suspension bridge design ⓘ popularizing engineering to the general public through books and lectures ⓘ use of stiffening trusses in suspension bridges ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | chief engineer of the Mackinac Bridge ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Safe Bridges"
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"Suspension Bridges: The Aerodynamic Problem" ⓘ "The Bridge at Mackinac" ⓘ "The Builders of the Bridge" ⓘ Henry Hudson Bridge ⓘ Mackinac Bridge ⓘ St. Johns Bridge ⓘ Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ Triborough Bridge (design involvement) ⓘ
linked to:
Triborough Bridge
Walnut Lane Memorial Bridge ⓘ design of the Mount Hope Bridge ⓘ design work on the Deer Isle Bridge ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the American Association of Engineers ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 B. Steinman Description of subject: David B. Steinman was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer known for his innovative long-span suspension bridges in the 20th century.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge nearby
linked to: David B. Steinman
subject linked to:
Mighty Mac
subject linked to:
"The Builders of the Bridge"
subject linked to:
"The Bridge at Mackinac"
subject linked to:
"Safe Bridges"
subject linked to:
"Safe Bridges"
subject linked to:
"Suspension Bridges: The Aerodynamic Problem"