Cobb
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Cobb is a surname most notably associated with John B. Cobb Jr., an American theologian known for his work in process theology and ecological ethics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cobb canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5520165 — 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: Cobb Context triple: [John B. Cobb Jr., familyName, Cobb]
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A.
Cobb
Cobb is the skilled professional thief and extractor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction film "Inception."
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B.
Cobb
Cobb is a biographical sports drama film about legendary baseball player Ty Cobb, written and directed by Ron Shelton.
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C.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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D.
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1950s Westerns and classic Hollywood productions.
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E.
CobbLinc
CobbLinc is the public bus transit system serving Cobb County, Georgia and connecting its communities to the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.
- 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: Cobb Target entity description: Cobb is a surname most notably associated with John B. Cobb Jr., an American theologian known for his work in process theology and ecological ethics.
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A.
Cobb
Cobb is the skilled professional thief and extractor portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction film "Inception."
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B.
Cobb
Cobb is a biographical sports drama film about legendary baseball player Ty Cobb, written and directed by Ron Shelton.
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C.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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D.
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1950s Westerns and classic Hollywood productions.
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E.
CobbLinc
CobbLinc is the public bus transit system serving Cobb County, Georgia and connecting its communities to the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ politician ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ surname ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ecological ethics
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environmental ethics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ process theology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Henry Cobb
NERFINISHED
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Howell Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ Irvin S. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Cobb Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ty Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred North Whitehead
NERFINISHED
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Charles Hartshorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing process theology
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integrating ecology and theology ⓘ work in ecological ethics ⓘ |
| movement | process theology ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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author ⓘ baseball player ⓘ humorist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Cobb Description of subject: Cobb is a surname most notably associated with John B. Cobb Jr., an American theologian known for his work in process theology and ecological ethics.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Theodore Roosevelt’s distant cousin Theo Cobb (if named incorrectly, treat as spouse: Theo Cobb Landon)
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familyName
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Cobb
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subject surface form:
Theo Cobb Landon