David B. Cornstein
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David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David B. Cornstein canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72074 — 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: David B. Cornstein Context triple: [United States Ambassador to Hungary, officeHoldersInclude, David B. Cornstein]
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A.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
Bernard M. Gordon
Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
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C.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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D.
Paul G. Hoffman
Paul G. Hoffman was an American automobile executive and public administrator best known for leading post–World War II European recovery efforts and later serving in prominent roles at the United Nations.
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E.
Sam Zussman
Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
- 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: David B. Cornstein Target entity description: David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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A.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
Bernard M. Gordon
Bernard M. Gordon is an American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist known for pioneering work in high-speed analog-to-digital conversion and for major contributions to engineering education.
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C.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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D.
Paul G. Hoffman
Paul G. Hoffman was an American automobile executive and public administrator best known for leading post–World War II European recovery efforts and later serving in prominent roles at the United Nations.
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E.
Sam Zussman
Sam Zussman is a sports and media executive who serves as a top business leader for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ political appointee ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Donald Trump ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trump administration
ⓘ
surface form:
Donald Trump administration
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| citizenshipStatus | natural-born citizen of the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryRepresented | United States of America ⓘ |
| diplomaticMission |
Embassy of the United States in Hungary
ⓘ
surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Budapest
|
| diplomaticRank | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ⓘ |
| employer | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business management
ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| hasActivity | Republican Party politics ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Ambassador ⓘ |
| hasRole | political appointee of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
news coverage on U.S.–Hungary relations
ⓘ
political commentary regarding the Trump administration’s foreign policy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
career in business and gambling industry
ⓘ
serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary ⓘ |
| notableRole | U.S. Ambassador to Hungary during the Trump administration ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ political consultant ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Foreign Service
ⓘ
surface form:
United States diplomatic corps
|
| positionHeld | United States Ambassador to Hungary ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sector |
business sector
ⓘ
public sector ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
Hungary
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| sphereOfInfluence | United States–Hungary relations ⓘ |
| typeOfBusinessPerson |
entrepreneur
ⓘ
executive ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Budapest
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
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: David B. Cornstein Description of subject: David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.