Alexander Low
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Alexander Low is the middle name of the American civil engineer J. A. L. Waddell, known for his influential work in bridge design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Low canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7711101 — 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: Alexander Low Context triple: [J. A. L. Waddell, middleName, Alexander Low]
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A.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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B.
Charles Lowe
Charles Lowe was a theatrical producer and manager best known for being the longtime husband and manager of Broadway star Carol Channing.
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C.
Wilson Lowry
Wilson Lowry was a prominent English engraver of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his detailed work on scientific and architectural illustrations.
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D.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
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E.
Bill Lowry
Bill Lowry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lowry.
- 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: Alexander Low Target entity description: Alexander Low is the middle name of the American civil engineer J. A. L. Waddell, known for his influential work in bridge design.
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A.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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B.
Charles Lowe
Charles Lowe was a theatrical producer and manager best known for being the longtime husband and manager of Broadway star Carol Channing.
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C.
Wilson Lowry
Wilson Lowry was a prominent English engraver of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his detailed work on scientific and architectural illustrations.
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D.
Alexander Haddow
Alexander Haddow was a Scottish epidemiologist and virologist noted for his pioneering research on insect-borne viruses, particularly in Africa.
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E.
Bill Lowry
Bill Lowry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lowry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | middle name ⓘ |
| associatedWithNotableFieldOfNameBearer | bridge design ⓘ |
| associatedWithProfessionOfNameBearer | civil engineering ⓘ |
| componentPositionInFullName | middle name of John Alexander Low Waddell ⓘ |
| givenNameType | personal name ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Alexander Low ⓘ |
| isPartOfFullNameOf | J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| nameBearer |
John Alexander Low Waddell
ⓘ
linked to:
J. A. L. Waddell
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| usedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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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: Alexander Low Description of subject: Alexander Low is the middle name of the American civil engineer J. A. L. Waddell, known for his influential work in bridge design.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Alexander Low