Robert James Semple
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Robert James Semple was the first husband of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, whom she married as a young missionary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert James Semple canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12922092 — 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 James Semple Context triple: [Aimee Semple McPherson, spouse, Robert James Semple]
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A.
Robert Semple
Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
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B.
David Semple
David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
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C.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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D.
Eric Rattray
Eric Rattray is a film producer best known for his work on the fantasy movie "Labyrinth."
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E.
Heywood Campbell Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun was an influential American journalist, sportswriter, and social activist of the early 20th century, known for his liberal views and advocacy for labor rights.
- 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 James Semple Target entity description: Robert James Semple was the first husband of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, whom she married as a young missionary.
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A.
Robert Semple
Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
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B.
David Semple
David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
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C.
William John Cunningham
William John Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his success with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA.
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D.
Eric Rattray
Eric Rattray is a film producer best known for his work on the fantasy movie "Labyrinth."
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E.
Heywood Campbell Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun was an influential American journalist, sportswriter, and social activist of the early 20th century, known for his liberal views and advocacy for labor rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| movement | Pentecostal movement ⓘ |
| name | Robert James Semple ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first husband of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
| occupation | missionary ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Canada
ⓘ
China ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| religion | Pentecostalism ⓘ |
| spouse | Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | first husband of Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
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 James Semple Description of subject: Robert James Semple was the first husband of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, whom she married as a young missionary.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.