Polly Trottenberg
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Polly Trottenberg is an American public official and transportation policy expert who has held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Transportation and New York City government.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polly Trottenberg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1227266 — 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: Polly Trottenberg Context triple: [Deputy Secretary of Transportation, officeHoldersInclude, Polly Trottenberg]
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A.
Judith Gardenier
Judith Gardenier is a character in Washington Irving’s short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as one of Rip’s children who reflects the changes that occur during his long absence.
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B.
Pauline Gotter
Pauline Gotter was a German writer and intellectual associated with early 19th-century Romantic circles and known for her marriage to philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.
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C.
Betty Garde
Betty Garde was an American stage, film, and radio actress known for her versatile character roles in mid-20th-century theater and entertainment.
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D.
Alice Hoschedé
Alice Hoschedé was the second wife and longtime companion of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet, known for managing his household and supporting his artistic career.
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E.
Virginia Jansen
Virginia Jansen is known as the spouse of American choral and orchestral conductor Robert Shaw.
- 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: Polly Trottenberg Target entity description: Polly Trottenberg is an American public official and transportation policy expert who has held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Transportation and New York City government.
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A.
Judith Gardenier
Judith Gardenier is a character in Washington Irving’s short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as one of Rip’s children who reflects the changes that occur during his long absence.
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B.
Pauline Gotter
Pauline Gotter was a German writer and intellectual associated with early 19th-century Romantic circles and known for her marriage to philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling.
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C.
Betty Garde
Betty Garde was an American stage, film, and radio actress known for her versatile character roles in mid-20th-century theater and entertainment.
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D.
Alice Hoschedé
Alice Hoschedé was the second wife and longtime companion of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet, known for managing his household and supporting his artistic career.
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E.
Virginia Jansen
Virginia Jansen is known as the spouse of American choral and orchestral conductor Robert Shaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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public official ⓘ transportation policy expert ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Bill de Blasio
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Joe Biden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
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Harvard Kennedy School ⓘ |
| employer |
New York City government
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United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
infrastructure policy
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transportation policy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasExperienceIn |
aviation and surface transportation policy
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public transit policy ⓘ urban transportation planning ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in New York City transportation initiatives
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leadership in U.S. federal transportation policy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
New York City Vision Zero traffic safety program
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federal transportation infrastructure policy development ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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policy advisor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy of the United States Department of Transportation
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Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy ⓘ
surface form:
Under Secretary for Policy of the United States Department of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
surface form:
United States Acting Secretary of Transportation
Deputy Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
surface form:
United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation
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| workLocation |
New York City
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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: Polly Trottenberg Description of subject: Polly Trottenberg is an American public official and transportation policy expert who has held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Transportation and New York City government.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.