Corwin
E117585
Corwin is a surname most notably associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the Salem witch trials in 17th-century Massachusetts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corwin canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T988880 — 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: Corwin Context triple: [Jonathan Corwin, familyName, Corwin]
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A.
Eldred
Eldred is the lesser-known first name of the acclaimed American actor Gregory Peck, a major star of classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Reid
Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Hamlin
Hamlin is a surname most notably associated with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
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D.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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E.
Stringer Bell
Stringer Bell is a central character in the television series "The Wire," a calculating drug kingpin who studies business and economics to run his criminal organization like a legitimate enterprise.
- 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: Corwin Target entity description: Corwin is a surname most notably associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the Salem witch trials in 17th-century Massachusetts.
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A.
Eldred
Eldred is the lesser-known first name of the acclaimed American actor Gregory Peck, a major star of classic Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Reid
Reid is a common Scottish and Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Hamlin
Hamlin is a surname most notably associated with Hannibal Hamlin, who served as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
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D.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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E.
Stringer Bell
Stringer Bell is a central character in the television series "The Wire," a calculating drug kingpin who studies business and economics to run his criminal organization like a legitimate enterprise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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historic house ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Witch House ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 17th-century witchcraft prosecutions in New England ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Jonathan Corwin House ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyName |
Corwin
self-linksurface differs
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Corwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ Corwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ Corwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ Corwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonathan ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalConnectionTo | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Jeff Corwin
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Jonathan Corwin ⓘ Miles Corwin ⓘ Norman Corwin ⓘ Thomas Corwin ⓘ |
| hasProperty | involved in examination of accused witches ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting wildlife and nature television programs
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pioneering American radio drama ⓘ role in the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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essayist ⓘ journalist ⓘ judge ⓘ politician ⓘ radio producer ⓘ television host ⓘ wildlife biologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Ohio
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Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form:
United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Senator ⓘ
surface form:
United States Senator from Ohio
judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ |
| residence |
Salem, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| usedInCountry |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
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: Corwin Description of subject: Corwin is a surname most notably associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the Salem witch trials in 17th-century Massachusetts.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jonathan Corwin
subject surface form:
Jonathan Corwin
subject surface form:
Thomas Corwin
subject surface form:
Norman Corwin
subject surface form:
Jeff Corwin
subject surface form:
Miles Corwin
subject surface form:
Thomas Corwin