Susan Brotman
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Susan Brotman is an American philanthropist best known for her extensive charitable work in the Seattle area and her role alongside her late husband, Costco co-founder Jeffrey Brotman, in supporting arts, education, and community organizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susan Brotman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2181791 — 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: Susan Brotman Context triple: [Jeffrey Brotman, spouse, Susan Brotman]
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A.
Judith Bayard
Judith Bayard was a member of the prominent Bayard family in New Netherland and the wife of colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant, linking two influential dynastic lines in early New York history.
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B.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a powerful pyrokinetic human and key member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense in the Hellboy comic and film series.
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D.
Emma T. Townsend
Emma T. Townsend was the wife of prominent American steel industry magnate and U.S. Steel co-founder Elbert H. Gary.
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E.
Mary Fowler Brennan
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
- 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: Susan Brotman Target entity description: Susan Brotman is an American philanthropist best known for her extensive charitable work in the Seattle area and her role alongside her late husband, Costco co-founder Jeffrey Brotman, in supporting arts, education, and community organizations.
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A.
Judith Bayard
Judith Bayard was a member of the prominent Bayard family in New Netherland and the wife of colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant, linking two influential dynastic lines in early New York history.
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B.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a powerful pyrokinetic human and key member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense in the Hellboy comic and film series.
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D.
Emma T. Townsend
Emma T. Townsend was the wife of prominent American steel industry magnate and U.S. Steel co-founder Elbert H. Gary.
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E.
Mary Fowler Brennan
Mary Fowler Brennan was the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., known primarily for her role as his lifelong partner and supporter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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philanthropist ⓘ |
| areaOfFocus |
arts philanthropy
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community development ⓘ education philanthropy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Costco-related charitable initiatives ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Brotman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | philanthropy ⓘ |
| genre | charitable work ⓘ |
| givenName | Susan ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow ⓘ |
| notableFor |
charitable giving in the Pacific Northwest
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long-term support of Seattle institutions ⓘ philanthropy in the Seattle area ⓘ support of arts organizations ⓘ support of community organizations ⓘ support of education ⓘ |
| partnerInPhilanthropyWith | Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Washington
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surface form:
Washington (state)
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| residence | Seattle ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Costco co-founder ⓘ |
| workLocation | Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
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: Susan Brotman Description of subject: Susan Brotman is an American philanthropist best known for her extensive charitable work in the Seattle area and her role alongside her late husband, Costco co-founder Jeffrey Brotman, in supporting arts, education, and community organizations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.