Walter J. Zable
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Walter J. Zable was an American businessman, engineer, and former college football star best known as the longtime CEO and driving force behind the growth of defense and technology firm Cubic Corporation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter J. Zable canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2793671 — 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: Walter J. Zable Context triple: [Cubic Corporation, foundedBy, Walter J. Zable]
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A.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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B.
Howard E. Tatel
Howard E. Tatel was an American radio astronomer after whom the 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was named.
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C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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D.
George A. Bermann
George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
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E.
Leonard I. Garth
Leonard I. Garth was a United States federal appellate judge on the Third Circuit, known in part for mentoring future Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- 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: Walter J. Zable Target entity description: Walter J. Zable was an American businessman, engineer, and former college football star best known as the longtime CEO and driving force behind the growth of defense and technology firm Cubic Corporation.
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A.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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B.
Howard E. Tatel
Howard E. Tatel was an American radio astronomer after whom the 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was named.
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C.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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D.
George A. Bermann
George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
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E.
Leonard I. Garth
Leonard I. Garth was a United States federal appellate judge on the Third Circuit, known in part for mentoring future Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football player
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company founder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | induction into William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| employer | Cubic Corporation ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
defense industry
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engineering ⓘ technology industry ⓘ |
| founded | Cubic Corporation ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| industry |
defense technology
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electronics ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | William & Mary Tribe football ⓘ |
| name | Walter J. Zable ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being longtime CEO of Cubic Corporation
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former college football star at William & Mary ⓘ leading Cubic Corporation’s expansion in defense and technology markets ⓘ philanthropic support of the College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| notableWork | development and growth of Cubic Corporation ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football player
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businessman ⓘ engineer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief executive officer of Cubic Corporation ⓘ |
| residence |
San Diego, California
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linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
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: Walter J. Zable Description of subject: Walter J. Zable was an American businessman, engineer, and former college football star best known as the longtime CEO and driving force behind the growth of defense and technology firm Cubic Corporation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.