Henry W. Bloch
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Henry W. Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry W. Bloch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4274943 — 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: Henry W. Bloch Context triple: [Henry W. Bloch School of Management, namedAfter, Henry W. Bloch]
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A.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
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B.
Herman Lieberman
Herman Lieberman was a prominent Polish socialist politician, lawyer, and parliamentarian active in the early 20th century, known for his leadership in the Polish left and opposition to authoritarianism.
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C.
Henry M. Goldman
Henry M. Goldman was a prominent American dentist and academic leader recognized for his pioneering contributions to dental education and research.
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D.
Sidney Buchman
Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
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E.
Irving Blum
Irving Blum is an influential American art dealer and curator best known for championing emerging contemporary artists in the 1960s Los Angeles art scene, including early exhibitions of Andy Warhol.
- 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: Henry W. Bloch Target entity description: Henry W. Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
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A.
Samuel G. Fleisher
Samuel G. Fleisher was a Philadelphia philanthropist and arts patron known for supporting accessible art education and helping establish key contemporary art institutions in the city.
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B.
Herman Lieberman
Herman Lieberman was a prominent Polish socialist politician, lawyer, and parliamentarian active in the early 20th century, known for his leadership in the Polish left and opposition to authoritarianism.
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C.
Henry M. Goldman
Henry M. Goldman was a prominent American dentist and academic leader recognized for his pioneering contributions to dental education and research.
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D.
Sidney Buchman
Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
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E.
Irving Blum
Irving Blum is an influential American art dealer and curator best known for championing emerging contemporary artists in the 1960s Los Angeles art scene, including early exhibitions of Andy Warhol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Horatio Alger Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas City Business Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | H&R Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-07-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-04-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Business School
ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | H&R Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
retail financial services
ⓘ
tax preparation industry ⓘ |
| founded | Henry W. Bloch School of Management scholarship programs ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticularInterest |
arts philanthropy
ⓘ
education philanthropy ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Henry W. Bloch ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Marion Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-founding H&R Block ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bloch family ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| notableProject |
support of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
ⓘ
support of the University of Missouri–Kansas City ⓘ |
| notableWork | co-founding H&R Block ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of H&R Block
ⓘ
chief executive officer of H&R Block ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Richard Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Henry W. Bloch Description of subject: Henry W. Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of the tax preparation company H&R Block.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.