Theodore N. Lerner
E181847
Theodore N. Lerner was an American real estate developer and principal owner of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theodore N. Lerner canonical | 1 |
| Theodore Nathan Lerner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T918057 — 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: Theodore N. Lerner Context triple: [Ted Lerner, fullName, Theodore N. Lerner]
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A.
Stanley Rosenblum
Stanley Rosenblum was a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the boxing sequel "Rocky II."
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B.
Bernard M. Gordon
Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
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C.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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D.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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E.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
- 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: Theodore N. Lerner Target entity description: Theodore N. Lerner was an American real estate developer and principal owner of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team.
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A.
Stanley Rosenblum
Stanley Rosenblum was a film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the boxing sequel "Rocky II."
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B.
Bernard M. Gordon
Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
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C.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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D.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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E.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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human ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Washington metropolitan area
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surface form:
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
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| child |
Mark Lerner
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surface form:
Mark D. Lerner
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| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-10-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-02-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
George Washington University
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George Washington University Law School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish Americans
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surface form:
American Jews
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| familyName | Lerner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
professional sports ownership
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real estate development ⓘ |
| founded | Lerner Enterprises ⓘ |
| fullName |
Theodore N. Lerner
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Theodore Nathan Lerner
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| givenName | Theodore ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large-scale commercial and residential real estate projects
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ownership of Washington Nationals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leagueOfOwnedTeam | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lerner family ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| netWorthRanking | one of the wealthiest individuals in the Washington, D.C. region ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | led ownership group that brought Major League Baseball back to Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| notableFor | principal owner of the Washington Nationals ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of real estate projects in the Washington, D.C. area ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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real estate developer ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ |
| ownerOf | Washington Nationals ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
Jewish community organizations
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education ⓘ healthcare institutions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chevy Chase, Maryland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | principal owner of the Washington Nationals ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Chevy Chase, Maryland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Annette Lerner
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surface form:
Annette M. Lerner
|
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: Theodore N. Lerner Description of subject: Theodore N. Lerner was an American real estate developer and principal owner of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ted Lerner was managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals
→
fullName
→
Theodore N. Lerner
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subject surface form:
Ted Lerner
this entity surface form:
Theodore Nathan Lerner