Henry Nicholas III
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Henry Nicholas III is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and former CEO of semiconductor company Broadcom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Nicholas III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7944329 — 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: Henry Nicholas III Context triple: [Broadcom, foundedBy, Henry Nicholas III]
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A.
Henry Grace
Henry Grace was an American film art director and set decorator known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions, including classic mid-20th-century comedies and dramas.
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B.
Charles Hugo
Charles Hugo was a 19th-century French journalist, writer, and political activist, best known as one of the sons of the famed author Victor Hugo and for his involvement in republican and social causes.
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C.
Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Charles Alexander of Lorraine was an 18th-century Austrian field marshal and statesman best known for his long and influential administration over the Habsburg-controlled Low Countries.
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D.
Henri
Henri is a given name most famously associated with the French artist Henri Matisse.
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E.
Justin of Nassau
Justin of Nassau was a Dutch military commander and illegitimate son of William the Silent, best known for his role in the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
- 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: Henry Nicholas III Target entity description: Henry Nicholas III is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and former CEO of semiconductor company Broadcom.
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A.
Henry Grace
Henry Grace was an American film art director and set decorator known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions, including classic mid-20th-century comedies and dramas.
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B.
Charles Hugo
Charles Hugo was a 19th-century French journalist, writer, and political activist, best known as one of the sons of the famed author Victor Hugo and for his involvement in republican and social causes.
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C.
Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Charles Alexander of Lorraine was an 18th-century Austrian field marshal and statesman best known for his long and influential administration over the Habsburg-controlled Low Countries.
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D.
Henri
Henri is a given name most famously associated with the French artist Henri Matisse.
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E.
Justin of Nassau
Justin of Nassau was a Dutch military commander and illegitimate son of William the Silent, best known for his role in the early stages of the Eighty Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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human ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Broadcom Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Henry Samueli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Broadcom Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Henry Samueli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
UCLA
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Los Angeles Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Broadcom Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| founded | Nicholas Academic Centers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfPhilanthropy |
STEM education support
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scholarship funding ⓘ support for at-risk youth ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
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Master of Science in electrical engineering ⓘ PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| hasChild |
daughter of Henry Nicholas III
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son of Henry Nicholas III ⓘ |
| industry |
semiconductors
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technology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Broadcom Corporation
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serving as CEO of Broadcom Corporation ⓘ |
| name | Henry Thompson Nicholas III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributed to development of broadband communications chips
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helped grow Broadcom into a leading fabless semiconductor company ⓘ |
| notableAward | Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (technology category) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | support for Nicholas Academic Centers ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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electrical engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
education
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veterans ⓘ victims of crime ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom Corporation
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President of Broadcom Corporation ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| spouse | Stacey Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Henry Nicholas III Description of subject: Henry Nicholas III is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and former CEO of semiconductor company Broadcom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.