Isidore Newman
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Isidore Newman was a philanthropist and businessman best known for establishing the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isidore Newman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9340051 — 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: Isidore Newman Context triple: [Isidore Newman School, foundedBy, Isidore Newman]
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A.
Isidore Newman School
Isidore Newman School is a prestigious private, college-preparatory school in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for its strong academics and notable athletic alumni.
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B.
Noah Porter
Noah Porter was a 19th-century American philosopher, theologian, and educator who served as president of Yale College.
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C.
Edward Sorin
Edward Sorin was a 19th-century French Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who established the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and played a central role in its early development.
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D.
Notre Dame Academy
Notre Dame Academy is a private, all-girls Catholic college-preparatory high school located in Toledo, Ohio.
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E.
La Salle College High School
La Salle College High School is a private, all-boys Catholic college preparatory school in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, known for its strong academics and successful athletic programs.
- 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: Isidore Newman Target entity description: Isidore Newman was a philanthropist and businessman best known for establishing the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans.
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A.
Isidore Newman School
Isidore Newman School is a prestigious private, college-preparatory school in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for its strong academics and notable athletic alumni.
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B.
Noah Porter
Noah Porter was a 19th-century American philosopher, theologian, and educator who served as president of Yale College.
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C.
Edward Sorin
Edward Sorin was a 19th-century French Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who established the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and played a central role in its early development.
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D.
Notre Dame Academy
Notre Dame Academy is a private, all-girls Catholic college-preparatory high school located in Toledo, Ohio.
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E.
La Salle College High School
La Salle College High School is a private, all-boys Catholic college preparatory school in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, known for its strong academics and successful athletic programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessman
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| founded | Isidore Newman School ⓘ |
| hasNameInCommonWith | Isidore Newman School ⓘ |
| knownFor | founding the Isidore Newman School ⓘ |
| notableWork | Isidore Newman School ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | New Orleans ⓘ |
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: Isidore Newman Description of subject: Isidore Newman was a philanthropist and businessman best known for establishing the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.