James Orr Fleming
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James Orr Fleming was the husband of pioneering Scottish-American astronomer Williamina Fleming, known primarily in historical records through this marital connection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Orr Fleming canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6179634 — 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: James Orr Fleming Context triple: [Williamina Fleming, spouse, James Orr Fleming]
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A.
William Holmes Brown
William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
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B.
George W. Frye
George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
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C.
William Wallace Smith Bliss
William Wallace Smith Bliss was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and accomplished mathematician who served as a staff officer in the Mexican–American War and as son-in-law and aide to President Zachary Taylor.
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D.
James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
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E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- 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: James Orr Fleming Target entity description: James Orr Fleming was the husband of pioneering Scottish-American astronomer Williamina Fleming, known primarily in historical records through this marital connection.
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A.
William Holmes Brown
William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
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B.
George W. Frye
George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
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C.
William Wallace Smith Bliss
William Wallace Smith Bliss was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and accomplished mathematician who served as a staff officer in the Mexican–American War and as son-in-law and aide to President Zachary Taylor.
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D.
James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
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E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| name | James Orr Fleming ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the husband of astronomer Williamina Fleming ⓘ |
| spouse | Williamina Fleming ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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: James Orr Fleming Description of subject: James Orr Fleming was the husband of pioneering Scottish-American astronomer Williamina Fleming, known primarily in historical records through this marital connection.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.