Kidder
E436511
Kidder is a surname most notably associated with Pulitzer Prize–winning American author Tracy Kidder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kidder canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4384700 — 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: Kidder Context triple: [Tracy Kidder, familyName, Kidder]
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A.
Winslow
Winslow is the main commercial and residential hub of Bainbridge Island, Washington, known for its downtown shops, restaurants, and ferry terminal connecting to Seattle.
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B.
Winslow
Winslow is an English-origin surname historically associated with early colonial families in New England.
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C.
Modoc
The Modoc are a Native American people traditionally from the area around the California–Oregon border, known for their resistance during the 19th-century Modoc War.
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D.
Wilmot
Wilmot is the given first name of Hudson Fysh, the Australian aviation pioneer and co-founder of Qantas.
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E.
Meeker
Meeker is a minor character in the play "Inherit the Wind," serving as the jailer who provides a pragmatic, down-to-earth perspective on the town's famous trial.
- 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: Kidder Target entity description: Kidder is a surname most notably associated with Pulitzer Prize–winning American author Tracy Kidder.
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A.
Winslow
Winslow is the main commercial and residential hub of Bainbridge Island, Washington, known for its downtown shops, restaurants, and ferry terminal connecting to Seattle.
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B.
Winslow
Winslow is an English-origin surname historically associated with early colonial families in New England.
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C.
Modoc
The Modoc are a Native American people traditionally from the area around the California–Oregon border, known for their resistance during the 19th-century Modoc War.
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D.
Wilmot
Wilmot is the given first name of Hudson Fysh, the Australian aviation pioneer and co-founder of Qantas.
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E.
Meeker
Meeker is a minor character in the play "Inherit the Wind," serving as the jailer who provides a pragmatic, down-to-earth perspective on the town's famous trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize
NERFINISHED
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
literary journalism
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Kidder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderForm | unisex surname ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Frederick Kidder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Israel T. Kidder NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Kidder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Soul of a New Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tracy Kidder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | English language ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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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: Kidder Description of subject: Kidder is a surname most notably associated with Pulitzer Prize–winning American author Tracy Kidder.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.