Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
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Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11496729 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Context triple: [Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo), affiliation, Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)]
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A.
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was an American journalist, author, and longtime foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, known for his extensive reporting and commentary on international politics during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Times Mirror Company
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
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C.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
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D.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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E.
Tribune Publications Ltd
Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Target entity description: Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
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A.
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was an American journalist, author, and longtime foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, known for his extensive reporting and commentary on international politics during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Times Mirror Company
Times Mirror Company was a major American media conglomerate best known as the longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before its acquisition by Tribune Company.
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C.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul who built a global empire of newspapers, television networks, and film studios, becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern media.
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D.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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E.
Tribune Publications Ltd
Tribune Publications Ltd is the publishing company responsible for producing and distributing the British left-wing political magazine Tribune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
billionaire
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businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ medical entrepreneur ⓘ newspaper owner ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1952-07-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Port Elizabeth
NERFINISHED
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South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
South Africa
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of British Columbia
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of the Witwatersrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | UCLA School of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Soon-Shiong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biotechnology
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medicine ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| founded |
Abraxis BioScience
NERFINISHED
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American Pharmaceutical Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ NantHealth NERFINISHED ⓘ NantKwest NERFINISHED ⓘ NantWorks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing the cancer drug Abraxane
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founding NantWorks ⓘ owning the Los Angeles Times ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Patrick Soon-Shiong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
NERFINISHED
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Order of Mapungubwe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of cancer drug Abraxane ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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investor ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ physician ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| owns |
Los Angeles Times
NERFINISHED
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The San Diego Union-Tribune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
education
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healthcare ⓘ medical research ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| spouse | Michele B. Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times) Description of subject: Patrick Soon-Shiong is a South African-born American surgeon, medical entrepreneur, and billionaire philanthropist who owns the Los Angeles Times.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo)
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affiliation
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Patrick Soon-Shiong (through ownership of Los Angeles Times)
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subject surface form:
Los Angeles Times offices (El Segundo)