Daniel J. Patterson
E911073
Daniel J. Patterson was an architect known for designing Seattle’s historic Union Station, a significant early 20th-century railroad terminal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daniel J. Patterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9642087 — 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: Daniel J. Patterson Context triple: [Union Station (Seattle), architect, Daniel J. Patterson]
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A.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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B.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
Kent L. Wakeford
Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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E.
Donald R. Seawell
Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
- 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: Daniel J. Patterson Target entity description: Daniel J. Patterson was an architect known for designing Seattle’s historic Union Station, a significant early 20th-century railroad terminal.
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A.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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B.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
Kent L. Wakeford
Kent L. Wakeford was an American cinematographer known for his work on influential 1970s films, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
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E.
Donald R. Seawell
Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
ⓘ
railroad terminal ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designed |
Seattle Union Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Station (Seattle)
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| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic building ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor | designing Seattle Union Station ⓘ |
| location | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Seattle Union Station
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Station (Seattle)
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| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| use | railroad terminal ⓘ |
| workLocation | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
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: Daniel J. Patterson Description of subject: Daniel J. Patterson was an architect known for designing Seattle’s historic Union Station, a significant early 20th-century railroad terminal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Union Station