Broad
E426566
art foundation
billionaire
charitable foundation
contemporary art museum
entrepreneur
family name
financial services company
homebuilding company
human
philanthropic organization
philanthropist
surname
Broad is a surname most prominently associated with American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broad canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4274196 — 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: Broad Context triple: [Eli Broad, familyName, Broad]
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A.
Broad Law
Broad Law is one of the highest hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rounded summit and extensive views over the surrounding Moffat Hills.
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B.
Broad Sound
Broad Sound is a coastal inlet in Massachusetts Bay, north of Boston, known for its shallow waters and connection to nearby harbors and beaches.
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C.
Wide Angle
Wide Angle is a program section of the Busan International Film Festival dedicated to showcasing short films, documentaries, and experimental works from around the world.
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D.
Universal Focus
Universal Focus was a film production and distribution company that served as the specialty or art-house division of Universal Pictures before being succeeded by Focus Features.
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E.
Overall
Overall is an English-language surname borne by various individuals, including figures in sports, politics, and other fields.
- 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: Broad Target entity description: Broad is a surname most prominently associated with American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad.
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A.
Broad Law
Broad Law is one of the highest hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rounded summit and extensive views over the surrounding Moffat Hills.
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B.
Broad Sound
Broad Sound is a coastal inlet in Massachusetts Bay, north of Boston, known for its shallow waters and connection to nearby harbors and beaches.
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C.
Wide Angle
Wide Angle is a program section of the Busan International Film Festival dedicated to showcasing short films, documentaries, and experimental works from around the world.
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D.
Universal Focus
Universal Focus was a film production and distribution company that served as the specialty or art-house division of Universal Pictures before being succeeded by Focus Features.
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E.
Overall
Overall is an English-language surname borne by various individuals, including figures in sports, politics, and other fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art foundation
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billionaire ⓘ charitable foundation ⓘ contemporary art museum ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ family name ⓘ financial services company ⓘ homebuilding company ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropic organization ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Eli Broad ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs | Kaufman & Broad ⓘ |
| founded |
The Broad Art Foundation
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The Broad Foundations ⓘ The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eli Broad ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | Detroit ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Eli ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Edye Broad ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Broad ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eli Broad ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding Kaufman & Broad (later KB Home)
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founding SunAmerica ⓘ major philanthropic donations in education ⓘ major philanthropic donations in scientific research ⓘ major philanthropic donations in the arts ⓘ |
| occupation |
art collector
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businessperson ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ |
| usedAs |
surname in the United Kingdom
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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: Broad Description of subject: Broad is a surname most prominently associated with American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.