Charles M. Mathias Sr.
E664579
Charles M. Mathias Sr. was an American lawyer and judge from Maryland, best known as the father of U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles M. Mathias Sr. canonical | 2 |
| Charles McCurdy "Mac" Mathias Jr. | 1 |
| Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4008832 — 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: Charles M. Mathias Sr. Context triple: [Parklawn Memorial Park, hasNotableBurial, Charles M. Mathias Sr.]
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A.
John F. Seitz
John F. Seitz was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work in early Hollywood and on classic film noirs such as Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.
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B.
Thomas R. Cornelius
Thomas R. Cornelius was an American pioneer and politician in Oregon, known for his role in the region’s early settlement and development.
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C.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
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D.
Arden L. Bement Jr.
Arden L. Bement Jr. is an American engineer and public servant best known for leading major U.S. science and engineering agencies, including serving as director of the National Science Foundation.
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E.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
- 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: Charles M. Mathias Sr. Target entity description: Charles M. Mathias Sr. was an American lawyer and judge from Maryland, best known as the father of U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr.
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A.
John F. Seitz
John F. Seitz was a prominent American cinematographer best known for his influential work in early Hollywood and on classic film noirs such as Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.
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B.
Thomas R. Cornelius
Thomas R. Cornelius was an American pioneer and politician in Oregon, known for his role in the region’s early settlement and development.
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C.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
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D.
Arden L. Bement Jr.
Arden L. Bement Jr. is an American engineer and public servant best known for leading major U.S. science and engineering agencies, including serving as director of the National Science Foundation.
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E.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
judge ⓘ |
| child |
Charles McC. Mathias Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Mathias
|
| countryOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| father | Charles M. Mathias Sr. ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr. ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Maryland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Senator ⓘ |
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: Charles M. Mathias Sr. Description of subject: Charles M. Mathias Sr. was an American lawyer and judge from Maryland, best known as the father of U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias Jr.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville, Maryland, United States
linked to: Charles M. Mathias Sr.
subject linked to:
Charles M. Mathias Sr.
linked to: Charles M. Mathias Sr.