Altman
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Altman is a surname of German and Jewish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as technology, entertainment, and academia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9723253 — 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: Altman Context triple: [Sarah Altman, familyName, Altman]
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A.
Robert Altman
Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
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B.
Bogdanovich
Bogdanovich is a small industrial town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, known for its railway junction and regional manufacturing.
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C.
Robert A. Altman
Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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D.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed American filmmaker known for his influential, character-driven crime dramas and explorations of morality, violence, and identity in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas."
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E.
Baruch Lumet
Baruch Lumet was a Polish-born American actor and acting teacher known for his work in Yiddish theater and for being the father of film director Sidney Lumet.
- 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: Altman Target entity description: Altman is a surname of German and Jewish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as technology, entertainment, and academia.
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A.
Robert Altman
Robert Altman was an influential American filmmaker known for his innovative ensemble casts, overlapping dialogue, and satirical, genre-defying films such as "M*A*S*H," "Nashville," and "Short Cuts."
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B.
Bogdanovich
Bogdanovich is a small industrial town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, known for its railway junction and regional manufacturing.
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C.
Robert A. Altman
Robert A. Altman was an American lawyer and businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of video game publisher ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
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D.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is an acclaimed American filmmaker known for his influential, character-driven crime dramas and explorations of morality, violence, and identity in films such as "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas."
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E.
Baruch Lumet
Baruch Lumet was a Polish-born American actor and acting teacher known for his work in Yiddish theater and for being the father of film director Sidney Lumet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alex Altman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Gail Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Irwin Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ James Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Keren Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Meryl Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Micah Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Shmuel Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tova Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ William Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ Yitzhak Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Altemann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Altmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | last name ⓘ |
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: Altman Description of subject: Altman is a surname of German and Jewish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as technology, entertainment, and academia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.