Sampson
E64583
Sampson is a surname most notably associated with William T. Sampson, a U.S. Navy admiral prominent during the Spanish–American War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sampson canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518084 — 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: Sampson Context triple: [William T. Sampson, familyName, Sampson]
-
A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
-
B.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
-
C.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
-
D.
Sergeant Gonzales
Sergeant Gonzales is a blustery, often comic Spanish soldier who serves as one of the primary antagonists to the masked hero Zorro in "The Mark of Zorro."
-
E.
Brom Bones
Brom Bones is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” known for his pranks, horsemanship, and possible connection to the Headless Horseman.
- 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: Sampson Target entity description: Sampson is a surname most notably associated with William T. Sampson, a U.S. Navy admiral prominent during the Spanish–American War.
-
A.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
-
B.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
-
C.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
-
D.
Sergeant Gonzales
Sergeant Gonzales is a blustery, often comic Spanish soldier who serves as one of the primary antagonists to the masked hero Zorro in "The Mark of Zorro."
-
E.
Brom Bones
Brom Bones is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” known for his pranks, horsemanship, and possible connection to the Headless Horseman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
admiral
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ surname ⓘ war ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Thanks of Congress ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| conflict | Spanish–American War ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Kingdom of Spain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Samson ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | William T. Sampson ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Sampson ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Thomas ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Rear Admiral ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
ⓘ
blockade of Cuba ⓘ |
| notableFor | service during the Spanish–American War ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Palmyra, New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of the North Atlantic Squadron ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: Sampson Description of subject: Sampson is a surname most notably associated with William T. Sampson, a U.S. Navy admiral prominent during the Spanish–American War.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.