Conrad Reed
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Conrad Reed was a young North Carolina farm boy whose 1799 discovery of a large gold nugget on his family’s property led to the first documented gold find in the United States and the establishment of the Reed Gold Mine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Conrad Reed canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13318163 — 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: Conrad Reed Context triple: [Reed Gold Mine, discoveredBy, Conrad Reed]
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A.
Conrad Vernon
Conrad Vernon is an American film director, voice actor, and storyboard artist best known for his work on animated features such as Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Sausage Party.
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B.
Conrad Smith
Conrad Smith is a former New Zealand rugby union centre renowned for his key role in the All Blacks’ dominant era, including multiple Rugby World Cup victories.
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C.
Conrad Roberts
Conrad Roberts is a Caribbean-born American actor known for his character roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the horror film "The Serpent and the Rainbow."
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D.
Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell is an Australian singer-songwriter known for his soulful pop vocals and collaborations on international hits.
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E.
Frank Converse
Frank Converse is an American actor best known for his work in television during the 1960s and 1970s, including leading roles in several crime and drama series.
- 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: Conrad Reed Target entity description: Conrad Reed was a young North Carolina farm boy whose 1799 discovery of a large gold nugget on his family’s property led to the first documented gold find in the United States and the establishment of the Reed Gold Mine.
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A.
Conrad Vernon
Conrad Vernon is an American film director, voice actor, and storyboard artist best known for his work on animated features such as Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Sausage Party.
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B.
Conrad Smith
Conrad Smith is a former New Zealand rugby union centre renowned for his key role in the All Blacks’ dominant era, including multiple Rugby World Cup victories.
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C.
Conrad Roberts
Conrad Roberts is a Caribbean-born American actor known for his character roles in films and television, including a notable appearance in the horror film "The Serpent and the Rainbow."
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D.
Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell is an Australian singer-songwriter known for his soulful pop vocals and collaborations on international hits.
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E.
Frank Converse
Frank Converse is an American actor best known for his work in television during the 1960s and 1970s, including leading roles in several crime and drama series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic gold mine
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ person ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1799 ⓘ |
| discovered | large gold nugget ⓘ |
| familyName | Reed ⓘ |
| followedBy |
North Carolina gold rush
ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina gold mines
|
| givenName | Conrad ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite | Reed Gold Mine ⓘ |
| hasParticipant | Conrad Reed ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| inception | early 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
beginning of the North Carolina gold rush
ⓘ
development of gold mining in the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovering a large gold nugget in 1799
ⓘ
leading to the establishment of the Reed Gold Mine ⓘ making the first documented gold discovery in the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Cabarrus County
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| location | Reed family farm, Cabarrus County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Conrad Reed ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| operatedAs | state historic site ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
State of North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina
|
| placeOfBirth | North Carolina ⓘ |
| placeOfDiscovery | Reed family farm, Cabarrus County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1799 ⓘ |
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: Conrad Reed Description of subject: Conrad Reed was a young North Carolina farm boy whose 1799 discovery of a large gold nugget on his family’s property led to the first documented gold find in the United States and the establishment of the Reed Gold Mine.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.