Fodor
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Fodor is a surname most notably associated with Jerry Fodor, an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13269442 — 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: Fodor Context triple: [Jerry Fodor, familyName, Fodor]
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A.
Fodor's Travel
Fodor's Travel is a long-established publisher of travel guides and related content known for its detailed, practical information for travelers worldwide.
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B.
Fischer’s
Fischer’s is a renowned London restaurant known for its classic Viennese café style, serving Central European dishes in an elegant, old-world setting.
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C.
3 Fervent Travelers
3 Fervent Travelers is a genre-blending musical work by the crossover string trio Time for Three, showcasing their virtuosic fusion of classical, jazz, and folk influences.
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D.
Fogell
Fogell, better known by his fake ID name "McLovin," is the awkward, overconfident teen whose disastrous attempt to buy alcohol becomes one of the central comedic plotlines in the film *Superbad*.
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E.
The Travelers
"The Travelers" is a landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Meindert Hobbema, exemplifying his detailed, atmospheric depictions of rural scenery.
- 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: Fodor Target entity description: Fodor is a surname most notably associated with Jerry Fodor, an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language.
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A.
Fodor's Travel
Fodor's Travel is a long-established publisher of travel guides and related content known for its detailed, practical information for travelers worldwide.
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B.
Fischer’s
Fischer’s is a renowned London restaurant known for its classic Viennese café style, serving Central European dishes in an elegant, old-world setting.
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C.
3 Fervent Travelers
3 Fervent Travelers is a genre-blending musical work by the crossover string trio Time for Three, showcasing their virtuosic fusion of classical, jazz, and folk influences.
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D.
Fogell
Fogell, better known by his fake ID name "McLovin," is the awkward, overconfident teen whose disastrous attempt to buy alcohol becomes one of the central comedic plotlines in the film *Superbad*.
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E.
The Travelers
"The Travelers" is a landscape painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Meindert Hobbema, exemplifying his detailed, atmospheric depictions of rural scenery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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surname ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity |
Hungarian people
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Jewish people ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Hungarian language ⓘ |
| category |
Hungarian-language surnames
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surnames ⓘ surnames of Hungarian origin ⓘ |
| etymologicalType |
occupational surname
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patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasGenderForm | unisex surname ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Artur Fodor
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Eugene Fodor ⓘ György Fodor ⓘ István Fodor ⓘ Jerry Fodor ⓘ Viktor Fodor ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Fodór ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notableFieldOfBearers |
cognitive science
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literature ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Canada
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Hungary ⓘ Israel ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| writtenForm |
"Fodor"
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linked to:
Fodor
|
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: Fodor Description of subject: Fodor is a surname most notably associated with Jerry Fodor, an influential American philosopher and cognitive scientist known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fodor