Tom Mann
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Tom Mann was a prominent British trade unionist and socialist leader known for his key role in the New Unionism movement and early labor organizing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Mann canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8326527 — 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: Tom Mann Context triple: [Social Democratic Federation, notableMember, Tom Mann]
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A.
Hal Lieberman
Hal Lieberman is an American film producer known for working on major Hollywood movies, including the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
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B.
Bill Raisch
Bill Raisch was an American character actor and dancer best known for playing the one-armed man in the television series "The Fugitive."
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C.
Thomas Wight
Thomas Wight was an American architect best known as one of the founding partners of the architectural firm Wight and Wight.
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D.
Ted Mann
Ted Mann was an American film exhibitor and businessman best known for owning the Mann Theatres chain and the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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E.
Todd Lieberman
Todd Lieberman is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "The Fighter" and other major Hollywood productions.
- 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: Tom Mann Target entity description: Tom Mann was a prominent British trade unionist and socialist leader known for his key role in the New Unionism movement and early labor organizing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Hal Lieberman
Hal Lieberman is an American film producer known for working on major Hollywood movies, including the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
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B.
Bill Raisch
Bill Raisch was an American character actor and dancer best known for playing the one-armed man in the television series "The Fugitive."
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C.
Thomas Wight
Thomas Wight was an American architect best known as one of the founding partners of the architectural firm Wight and Wight.
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D.
Ted Mann
Ted Mann was an American film exhibitor and businessman best known for owning the Mann Theatres chain and the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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E.
Todd Lieberman
Todd Lieberman is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "The Fighter" and other major Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
political activist ⓘ socialist ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
eight-hour workday
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improved wages for unskilled workers ⓘ industrial unionism ⓘ workers’ control of industry ⓘ |
| authorOf | The New Trade Unionism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1941-03-13 ⓘ |
| familyName | Mann ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| influenced |
British labor movement
ⓘ
linked to:
British trade union movement
trade unionism in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Marx
ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ |
| knownFor | role in the 1889 London Dock Strike ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
ⓘ
British Socialist Party ⓘ Independent Labour Party ⓘ Social Democratic Federation ⓘ |
| movement |
New Unionism
ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| name | Tom Mann ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early labor organizing in Britain
ⓘ
leadership in the New Unionism movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | The New Trade Unionism ⓘ |
| occupation |
labor organizer
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socialist politician ⓘ trade union leader ⓘ |
| participatedIn | London Dock Strike of 1889 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Coventry
ⓘ
England ⓘ Warwickshire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
ⓘ
Grassington ⓘ North Yorkshire ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism
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socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers’ Union
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secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers ⓘ secretary of the London Dockers’ Union ⓘ |
| residence |
Australia
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
South Africa ⓘ |
| workedAs |
dock laborer
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ |
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: Tom Mann Description of subject: Tom Mann was a prominent British trade unionist and socialist leader known for his key role in the New Unionism movement and early labor organizing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.