James Rolph
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James Rolph was an American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and later as the 27th governor of California during the early 20th century.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Rolph canonical | 7 |
| James Rolph Jr. | 2 |
| James Rolph; former governor of California | 1 |
| James Rolph; former mayor of San Francisco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T244912 — 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: James Rolph Context triple: [California Governor's Mansion, hasResidentGovernor, James Rolph]
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A.
William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
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B.
Newsom
Newsom is a surname most prominently associated with American musician and songwriter Joanna Newsom.
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C.
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the governor of California and is known for his progressive policies on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and social justice.
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D.
Ted Kulongoski
Ted Kulongoski is an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as the 36th governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011.
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E.
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.
- 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: James Rolph Target entity description: James Rolph was an American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and later as the 27th governor of California during the early 20th century.
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A.
William Newsom
William Newsom was an American state appeals court judge and prominent San Francisco attorney known as the father of California Governor Gavin Newsom and for his long-standing connections to influential political and business circles.
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B.
Newsom
Newsom is a surname most prominently associated with American musician and songwriter Joanna Newsom.
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C.
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the governor of California and is known for his progressive policies on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and social justice.
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D.
Ted Kulongoski
Ted Kulongoski is an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as the 36th governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011.
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E.
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown is an American Democratic politician who served multiple terms as governor of California and ran several times for the U.S. presidency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
governor
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human ⓘ mayor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1869-08-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| burialPlace | Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1934-06-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Santa Clara County
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surface form:
Santa Clara County, California, United States
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| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Rolph ⓘ |
| fullName |
James Rolph
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
James Rolph Jr.
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
James Rolph Jr. Playground in San Francisco named in his honor
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Rolph Park in San Francisco named in his honor ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
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shipping ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Sunny Jim ⓘ |
| notableFor |
longest-serving mayor of San Francisco at the time of his tenure
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serving as Governor of California during the early 1930s ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Governor of California term ended 1934
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Mayor of San Francisco term ended 1931 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Governor of California term began 1931
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Mayor of San Francisco term began 1912 ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 27th Governor of California ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of California
ⓘ
Mayor of San Francisco ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Sacramento
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surface form:
Sacramento, California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| spouse | Annie Marshall Rolph ⓘ |
| stateRepresented |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California State Capitol
ⓘ
San Francisco City Hall ⓘ |
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: James Rolph Description of subject: James Rolph was an American politician who served as mayor of San Francisco and later as the 27th governor of California during the early 20th century.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Rolph Jr.
this entity surface form:
James Rolph Jr.
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
→
hasNotableBurialRoleOfPerson
→
James Rolph
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this entity surface form:
James Rolph; former mayor of San Francisco
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
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hasNotableBurialRoleOfPerson
→
James Rolph
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this entity surface form:
James Rolph; former governor of California