Harry J. Patterson
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Harry J. Patterson was an American agricultural scientist and educator who served as president of the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry J. Patterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8085392 — 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: Harry J. Patterson Context triple: [Patterson, hasNotableBearer, Harry J. Patterson]
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A.
Frank Stuart Patterson
Frank Stuart Patterson was an early U.S. Army aviator and test pilot whose death in a 1918 flight accident led to the later naming of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in his honor.
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B.
Harry E. Edington
Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
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C.
Frederick D. Patterson
Frederick D. Patterson was an influential American educator and college president who championed Black higher education and co-founded key institutions supporting historically Black colleges and universities.
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D.
Robert P. Patterson
Robert P. Patterson was an American lawyer, judge, and government official who played a key leadership role in the U.S. military administration during and immediately after World War II.
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E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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: Harry J. Patterson Target entity description: Harry J. Patterson was an American agricultural scientist and educator who served as president of the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the early 20th century.
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A.
Frank Stuart Patterson
Frank Stuart Patterson was an early U.S. Army aviator and test pilot whose death in a 1918 flight accident led to the later naming of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in his honor.
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B.
Harry E. Edington
Harry E. Edington was a Hollywood film producer active during the classic studio era, known for his work on notable dramas such as "Kitty Foyle."
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C.
Frederick D. Patterson
Frederick D. Patterson was an influential American educator and college president who championed Black higher education and co-founded key institutions supporting historically Black colleges and universities.
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D.
Robert P. Patterson
Robert P. Patterson was an American lawyer, judge, and government official who played a key leadership role in the U.S. military administration during and immediately after World War II.
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E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural scientist
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educator ⓘ person ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| affiliation | Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Maryland Agricultural College
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
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| employer |
Maryland Agricultural College
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
University of Maryland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural science
ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ |
| hasRole |
academic administrator
ⓘ
scientific researcher ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to agricultural education in Maryland
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development of agricultural research programs at Maryland Agricultural College ⓘ leadership of Maryland Agricultural College in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| occupation |
agricultural scientist
ⓘ
college president ⓘ educator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of Maryland Agricultural College
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president of the University of Maryland ⓘ |
| residence | Maryland ⓘ |
| workLocation |
College Park, Maryland
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Maryland ⓘ |
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: Harry J. Patterson Description of subject: Harry J. Patterson was an American agricultural scientist and educator who served as president of the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.