Poston
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Poston is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Tom Poston.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poston canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10310760 — 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: Poston Context triple: [Tom Poston, familyName, Poston]
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A.
Poulson
Poulson is the codename for a later-generation Intel Itanium processor microarchitecture designed to improve performance and efficiency in enterprise and mission-critical servers.
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B.
Posto
Posto is a Bengali-language family drama film that explores generational conflict and custody battles within a modern Indian family.
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C.
Pasca
Pasca is a town in Colombia’s Cundinamarca Department, known as the discovery site of the famous pre-Columbian Muisca golden raft artifact.
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D.
Farguson
Farguson is an alternative spelling of the surname Ferguson, which is of Scottish origin.
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E.
Hannington
Hannington is a small rural village in Wiltshire, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic character.
- 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: Poston Target entity description: Poston is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Tom Poston.
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A.
Poulson
Poulson is the codename for a later-generation Intel Itanium processor microarchitecture designed to improve performance and efficiency in enterprise and mission-critical servers.
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B.
Posto
Posto is a Bengali-language family drama film that explores generational conflict and custody battles within a modern Indian family.
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C.
Pasca
Pasca is a town in Colombia’s Cundinamarca Department, known as the discovery site of the famous pre-Columbian Muisca golden raft artifact.
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D.
Farguson
Farguson is an alternative spelling of the surname Ferguson, which is of Scottish origin.
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E.
Hannington
Hannington is a small rural village in Wiltshire, England, known for its traditional English countryside setting and historic character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-10-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-04-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
ⓘ
Bethany College ⓘ
linked to:
Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas)
|
| familyName | Poston ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Tom Poston ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mork & Mindy
ⓘ
Newhart ⓘ
linked to:
"Newhart"
The Bob Newhart Show ⓘ Zotz! ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Ohio
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Suzanne Pleshette ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Poston Description of subject: Poston is a surname most notably associated with American actor and comedian Tom Poston.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.