Few
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Few is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician and Founding Father William Few.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Few canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5105978 — 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: Few Context triple: [William Few, familyName, Few]
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A.
Less
Less is a dynamic stylesheet language that extends CSS with features like variables, mixins, and functions to make writing and maintaining styles more efficient.
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B.
Some/One
Some/One is a large-scale stainless-steel sculpture by Do Ho Suh composed of thousands of military dog tags forming a monumental, empty suit of armor that explores themes of individuality and collective identity.
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C.
Small
Small is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology, including research on nanoscale materials, devices, and systems.
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D.
Only the Young
"Only the Young" is a 1980s rock song by the American band Journey, known for its anthemic style and association with the film "Vision Quest."
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E.
Third
"Third" is a stage play by American dramatist Wendy Wasserstein that explores themes of political polarization, generational conflict, and feminist identity through the clash between a liberal professor and her conservative student.
- 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: Few Target entity description: Few is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician and Founding Father William Few.
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A.
Less
Less is a dynamic stylesheet language that extends CSS with features like variables, mixins, and functions to make writing and maintaining styles more efficient.
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B.
Some/One
Some/One is a large-scale stainless-steel sculpture by Do Ho Suh composed of thousands of military dog tags forming a monumental, empty suit of armor that explores themes of individuality and collective identity.
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C.
Small
Small is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology, including research on nanoscale materials, devices, and systems.
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D.
Only the Young
"Only the Young" is a 1980s rock song by the American band Journey, known for its anthemic style and association with the film "Vision Quest."
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E.
Third
"Third" is a stage play by American dramatist Wendy Wasserstein that explores themes of political polarization, generational conflict, and feminist identity through the clash between a liberal professor and her conservative student.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Few ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
George Washington Few
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Ignatius Alphonso Few ⓘ Mark Few ⓘ Robyn Few ⓘ William Few ⓘ |
| hasRole | Founding Father of the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first president of Emory College
ⓘ
head coach of Gonzaga University men’s basketball team ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
ⓘ
educator ⓘ political activist ⓘ politician ⓘ sex workers' rights activist ⓘ |
| usedIn | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Few Description of subject: Few is an English-language surname borne by various notable individuals, including American politician and Founding Father William Few.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.