Elaine A. Langone
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Elaine A. Langone is an American philanthropist and benefactor whose major charitable contributions, alongside those of her husband Kenneth G. Langone, have prominently supported New York University and its medical and business schools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elaine A. Langone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5683477 — 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)
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Target entity: Elaine A. Langone Context triple: [NYU Grossman School of Medicine, namedAfter, Elaine A. Langone]
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A.
Linda Pizzuti Henry
Linda Pizzuti Henry is an American businesswoman and media executive, known for her leadership role at The Boston Globe and involvement in Fenway Sports Group.
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B.
Mary Kay Adelman
Mary Kay Adelman is the wife of former NBA head coach Rick Adelman and has been involved in various charitable and community activities alongside him.
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C.
Suzanne Newlander
Suzanne Newlander is an American psychotherapist best known as the longtime wife of the late Academy Award–winning actor Alan Arkin.
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D.
Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman is a pioneering American basketball player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball history and a trailblazer for women in the sport.
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E.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
- 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: Elaine A. Langone Target entity description: Elaine A. Langone is an American philanthropist and benefactor whose major charitable contributions, alongside those of her husband Kenneth G. Langone, have prominently supported New York University and its medical and business schools.
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A.
Linda Pizzuti Henry
Linda Pizzuti Henry is an American businesswoman and media executive, known for her leadership role at The Boston Globe and involvement in Fenway Sports Group.
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B.
Mary Kay Adelman
Mary Kay Adelman is the wife of former NBA head coach Rick Adelman and has been involved in various charitable and community activities alongside him.
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C.
Suzanne Newlander
Suzanne Newlander is an American psychotherapist best known as the longtime wife of the late Academy Award–winning actor Alan Arkin.
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D.
Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman is a pioneering American basketball player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball history and a trailblazer for women in the sport.
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E.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American philanthropist
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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NYU Stern School of Business ⓘ New York University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | philanthropy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Langone ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Elaine ⓘ |
| hasPhilanthropicFocus |
Catholic causes
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education ⓘ healthcare ⓘ medical research ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major donor to NYU
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major donor to NYU business school ⓘ major donor to NYU medical school ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| notableFor |
major charitable donations with Kenneth G. Langone
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philanthropic contributions to New York University ⓘ support of Catholic institutions ⓘ support of NYU business school ⓘ support of NYU medical school ⓘ support of business education ⓘ support of higher education ⓘ support of medical education ⓘ |
| partnerInPhilanthropy | Kenneth G. Langone ⓘ |
| philanthropicPartnerOrganization |
NYU Langone Medical Center
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New York University Langone Health ⓘ
linked to:
NYU Langone Medical Center
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| placeOfResidence | New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
New York (state)
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linked to:
New York State
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| spouse | Kenneth G. Langone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Elaine A. Langone Description of subject: Elaine A. Langone is an American philanthropist and benefactor whose major charitable contributions, alongside those of her husband Kenneth G. Langone, have prominently supported New York University and its medical and business schools.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.