Calder
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Calder is a given name most notably borne by American novelist and screenwriter Calder Willingham.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calder canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9826292 — 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: Calder Context triple: [Calder Willingham, givenName, Calder]
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A.
Calder
Calder is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and as the father of renowned mobile artist Alexander Calder.
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C.
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder was an influential American sculptor best known for inventing the mobile and creating innovative kinetic and abstract sculptures.
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D.
Alexander Milne Calder
Alexander Milne Calder was a Scottish-born American sculptor best known for creating the extensive sculptural program that adorns Philadelphia City Hall, including its iconic statue of William Penn.
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E.
Rauschberg
Rauschberg is a mountain in the Bavarian Alps known for its scenic hiking trails, panoramic views, and accessibility via cable car.
- 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: Calder Target entity description: Calder is a given name most notably borne by American novelist and screenwriter Calder Willingham.
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A.
Calder
Calder is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor known for his public monuments and as the father of renowned mobile artist Alexander Calder.
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C.
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder was an influential American sculptor best known for inventing the mobile and creating innovative kinetic and abstract sculptures.
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D.
Alexander Milne Calder
Alexander Milne Calder was a Scottish-born American sculptor best known for creating the extensive sculptural program that adorns Philadelphia City Hall, including its iconic statue of William Penn.
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E.
Rauschberg
Rauschberg is a mountain in the Bavarian Alps known for its scenic hiking trails, panoramic views, and accessibility via cable car.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language given name
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given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| givenName | Calder ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Calder Willingham ⓘ |
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: Calder Description of subject: Calder is a given name most notably borne by American novelist and screenwriter Calder Willingham.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.