Braid
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Braid is a Scottish surname most notably associated with James Braid, a pioneering figure in the development of hypnotism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Braid canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9379718 — 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: Braid Context triple: [James Braid, familyName, Braid]
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A.
The Two Souls
The Two Souls is a volume of Maxim Gorky’s multi-part novel "The Life of Klim Samgin," continuing the psychological and social chronicle of its intellectual protagonist amid the upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
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B.
Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls is a narrative-driven action-adventure video game known for its cinematic storytelling, emotional themes, and performances by actors such as Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe.
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C.
Ori
Ori is the official three-letter IAU abbreviation for the constellation Orion, one of the most recognizable star patterns in the night sky.
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D.
Ori
Ori is a young, scholarly dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, best known as one of Thorin Oakenshield’s companions on the quest to reclaim Erebor in The Hobbit.
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E.
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is a semi-autobiographical 1907 novel by E. M. Forster that explores themes of personal integrity, social convention, and the conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality.
- 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: Braid Target entity description: Braid is a Scottish surname most notably associated with James Braid, a pioneering figure in the development of hypnotism.
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A.
The Two Souls
The Two Souls is a volume of Maxim Gorky’s multi-part novel "The Life of Klim Samgin," continuing the psychological and social chronicle of its intellectual protagonist amid the upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
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B.
Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls is a narrative-driven action-adventure video game known for its cinematic storytelling, emotional themes, and performances by actors such as Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe.
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C.
Ori
Ori is the official three-letter IAU abbreviation for the constellation Orion, one of the most recognizable star patterns in the night sky.
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D.
Ori
Ori is a young, scholarly dwarf from J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, best known as one of Thorin Oakenshield’s companions on the quest to reclaim Erebor in The Hobbit.
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E.
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is a semi-autobiographical 1907 novel by E. M. Forster that explores themes of personal integrity, social convention, and the conflict between intellectual life and everyday reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surname
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1795
ⓘ
1870 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1860
ⓘ
1950 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Braid
ⓘ
Braid ⓘ Braid ⓘ Braid ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
hypnosis
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Daniel Braid
ⓘ
Hilda Braid ⓘ James Braid ⓘ James Braid (golfer) ⓘ |
| influenced | modern hypnotic practice ⓘ |
| influencedBy | mesmerism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term hypnotism
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development of hypnotism ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Great Triumvirate of golf ⓘ |
| nameType | family name ⓘ |
| nationality |
English
ⓘ
New Zealander ⓘ Scottish ⓘ Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
hypnotist ⓘ physician ⓘ professional golfer ⓘ rugby union player ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fife, Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Fife
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| placeOfDeath |
Manchester, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Manchester, United Kingdom
|
| sport | golf ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Braid Description of subject: Braid is a Scottish surname most notably associated with James Braid, a pioneering figure in the development of hypnotism.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.