DeWolf
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DeWolf is a surname of likely European origin borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian naval officer Harry DeWolf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeWolf canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13362439 — 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: DeWolf Context triple: [Harry DeWolf, familyName, DeWolf]
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A.
Devorski
Devorski is a surname most notably associated with Paul Devorski, a former National Hockey League referee.
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B.
DeWolf Hopper
DeWolf Hopper was a popular American stage and film actor and singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best remembered for his comic performances and recitations of the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat."
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C.
Mel Wulf
Mel Wulf was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer who served as legal director of the ACLU and was known for his work on landmark constitutional and free speech cases.
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D.
Wolfe
Wolfe is a surname most famously associated with British Army officer James Wolfe, known for his role in the Seven Years' War and the capture of Quebec.
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E.
David Corvo
David Corvo is a veteran American television news producer best known for overseeing and shaping the long-running true-crime and investigative newsmagazine Dateline NBC.
- 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: DeWolf Target entity description: DeWolf is a surname of likely European origin borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian naval officer Harry DeWolf.
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A.
Devorski
Devorski is a surname most notably associated with Paul Devorski, a former National Hockey League referee.
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B.
DeWolf Hopper
DeWolf Hopper was a popular American stage and film actor and singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best remembered for his comic performances and recitations of the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat."
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C.
Mel Wulf
Mel Wulf was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer who served as legal director of the ACLU and was known for his work on landmark constitutional and free speech cases.
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D.
Wolfe
Wolfe is a surname most famously associated with British Army officer James Wolfe, known for his role in the Seven Years' War and the capture of Quebec.
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E.
David Corvo
David Corvo is a veteran American television news producer best known for overseeing and shaping the long-running true-crime and investigative newsmagazine Dateline NBC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ offshore patrol vessel ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Marvel Comics ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName |
DeWolf
ⓘ
DeWolf ⓘ DeWolf ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
ship HMCS Harry DeWolf
ⓘ
linked to:
HMCS Harry DeWolf
|
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Catherine DeWolf
ⓘ
Harry DeWolf ⓘ James DeWolf ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
De Wolf
ⓘ
DeWolfe ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harry DeWolf ⓘ |
| notableFor | service in the Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Senator ⓘ |
| usedAs |
surname in Canada
ⓘ
surname in Europe ⓘ surname in the United States ⓘ |
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: DeWolf Description of subject: DeWolf is a surname of likely European origin borne by various notable individuals, including Canadian naval officer Harry DeWolf.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf
subject linked to:
DeWolf
subject linked to:
DeWolf
subject linked to:
DeWolf