Al Smith
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Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al Smith canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3035 — 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: Al Smith Context triple: [Herbert Hoover, defeatedCandidate, Al Smith]
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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E.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
- 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: Al Smith Target entity description: Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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E.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of New York
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| affiliation | Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| birthName | Alfred Emanuel Smith ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| election | 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| employer |
U.S. state of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New York
|
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| heritage |
Irish descent
ⓘ
Italian descent ⓘ |
| influenced |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| knownFor |
advocacy of social welfare legislation
ⓘ
opposition to Prohibition ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| movement |
Progressive Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Progressivism
|
| nominatedFor | President of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for President of the United States
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four-term Governor of New York ⓘ leadership of the Democratic Party’s urban, immigrant wing in the 1920s ⓘ leadership of the Empire State Building construction committee ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1928 United States presidential election
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surface form:
1928 United States presidential campaign
|
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
public administrator ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of the United States in 1928 ⓘ |
| opponent | Herbert Hoover ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of New York
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Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ President of the New York City Board of Aldermen ⓘ Speaker of the New York State Assembly ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine Ann Dunn ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | New York ⓘ |
| wasInfluencedBy | Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Albany
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surface form:
Albany, New York
New York City ⓘ |
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: Al Smith Description of subject: Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.