Fredric
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Fredric is a masculine given name most notably borne by the American literary critic and Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fredric canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7284367 — 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: Fredric Context triple: [Fredric Jameson, givenName, Fredric]
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A.
Fredrick
Fredrick is the given first name of American rapper Freddie Gibbs, known for his gritty lyricism and acclaimed hip-hop albums.
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B.
Fred
Fred is a laid-back, comic book–obsessed college student and enthusiastic member of the superhero team in Disney's animated film "Big Hero 6."
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C.
Fred
Fred is a surname most notably borne by E. B. Fred, an American bacteriologist and former president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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D.
Fred
Fred is a French luxury jewelry brand renowned for its elegant, contemporary designs and high-end craftsmanship, owned by the LVMH group.
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E.
Fred
Fred is the given name of Fred Rogers, the beloved American television host and creator of the children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
- 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: Fredric Target entity description: Fredric is a masculine given name most notably borne by the American literary critic and Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson.
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A.
Fredrick
Fredrick is the given first name of American rapper Freddie Gibbs, known for his gritty lyricism and acclaimed hip-hop albums.
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B.
Fred
Fred is a laid-back, comic book–obsessed college student and enthusiastic member of the superhero team in Disney's animated film "Big Hero 6."
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C.
Fred
Fred is a surname most notably borne by E. B. Fred, an American bacteriologist and former president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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D.
Fred
Fred is a French luxury jewelry brand renowned for its elegant, contemporary designs and high-end craftsmanship, owned by the LVMH group.
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E.
Fred
Fred is the given name of Fred Rogers, the beloved American television host and creator of the children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educatedAt |
Haverford College
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Duke University ⓘ |
| familyName | Jameson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Marxist theory
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cultural theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| givenName | Fredric ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxism
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Western Marxism ⓘ postmodern theory ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Fredric Jameson ⓘ |
| notableWork | Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism ⓘ |
| occupation |
Marxist political theorist
ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Frederic
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Frederick ⓘ Fredrik ⓘ |
| usage | English-language given name ⓘ |
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: Fredric Description of subject: Fredric is a masculine given name most notably borne by the American literary critic and Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.