David Simas
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David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Simas canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78657 — 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 Simas Context triple: [Obama Foundation, hasKeyPerson, David Simas]
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A.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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B.
Matthew Sands
Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
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C.
Vincent Gaddis
Vincent Gaddis was an American writer and researcher best known for coining and popularizing the modern mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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E.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social 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 Simas Target entity description: David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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A.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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B.
Matthew Sands
Matthew Sands was an American physicist and educator best known as one of the co-authors of the influential textbook series "The Feynman Lectures on Physics."
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C.
Vincent Gaddis
Vincent Gaddis was an American writer and researcher best known for coining and popularizing the modern mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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E.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Obama administration official
ⓘ
human ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Obama Foundation
ⓘ
surface form:
Obama Foundation (as executive leadership)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston College Law School
ⓘ
Stonehill College ⓘ |
| employer |
Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign
ⓘ
Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ Obama Foundation ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Portuguese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Simas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nonprofit leadership
ⓘ
politics ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| genre | Democratic Party politics ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
Obama Foundation
ⓘ
Office of Political Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach
|
| hasRole |
White House staff
ⓘ
surface form:
White House official
executive leader ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalTraining | Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| name | David Simas self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the Obama Foundation
ⓘ
serving as a senior political strategist for Barack Obama ⓘ |
| notableRole |
senior advisor in the Obama White House
ⓘ
top executive leader at the Obama Foundation ⓘ |
| notableWork | political strategy for Barack Obama 2012 re-election campaign ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
political advisor ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Taunton, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Executive Officer of the Obama Foundation
ⓘ
Director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach ⓘ President of the Obama Foundation ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| sector |
nonprofit sector
ⓘ
public sector ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Barack Obama presidential campaigns
|
| workLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Simas Description of subject: David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.