James Addison Halsted
E94538
James Addison Halsted was the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted, the daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Addison Halsted canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T750575 — 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: James Addison Halsted Context triple: [Anna Roosevelt Halsted, spouse, James Addison Halsted]
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A.
George W. Crile
George W. Crile was an influential American surgeon and medical researcher known for pioneering surgical techniques and co-founding major medical institutions and organizations in the early 20th century.
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B.
Charles H. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his contributions to modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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C.
William J. Mayo
William J. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his pioneering work in modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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D.
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was a pioneering British surgeon who revolutionized medicine by introducing antiseptic techniques that drastically reduced surgical infections and mortality.
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E.
William B. Mayo
William B. Mayo was an American physician and medical leader best known as one of the founders of the American Cancer Society.
- 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: James Addison Halsted Target entity description: James Addison Halsted was the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted, the daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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A.
George W. Crile
George W. Crile was an influential American surgeon and medical researcher known for pioneering surgical techniques and co-founding major medical institutions and organizations in the early 20th century.
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B.
Charles H. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his contributions to modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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C.
William J. Mayo
William J. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his pioneering work in modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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D.
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was a pioneering British surgeon who revolutionized medicine by introducing antiseptic techniques that drastically reduced surgical infections and mortality.
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E.
William B. Mayo
William B. Mayo was an American physician and medical leader best known as one of the founders of the American Cancer Society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted ⓘ |
| positionInSpouseOrder | third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Roosevelt Halsted ⓘ |
| spouseFather |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| spouseFatherOccupation | 32nd President of the United States ⓘ |
| spouseMother | Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ |
| spouseMotherOccupation | First Lady of the 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: James Addison Halsted Description of subject: James Addison Halsted was the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted, the daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.