Charles W. Bingham
E461072
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles W. Bingham canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1247120 — 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: Charles W. Bingham Context triple: [Bingham Hall, namedAfter, Charles W. Bingham]
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A.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
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C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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D.
George F. Baker
George F. Baker was a prominent American financier and philanthropist whose wealth and influence supported major institutions in education, health, and public welfare.
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E.
Arthur S. Carpender
Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
- 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: Charles W. Bingham Target entity description: Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
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A.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
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C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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D.
George F. Baker
George F. Baker was a prominent American financier and philanthropist whose wealth and influence supported major institutions in education, health, and public welfare.
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E.
Arthur S. Carpender
Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business
ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasHonor | buildings named in his honor ⓘ |
| hasNamesake | Bingham Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
donations to educational institutions
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supporting public buildings and facilities ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles W. Bingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
philanthropic contributions to education
ⓘ
support of public institutions ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Charles W. Bingham Description of subject: Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.