Czech American
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A Czech American is a United States citizen or resident of Czech ancestry, reflecting cultural roots in the Czech Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Czech American canonical | 3 |
| Czech Americans | 3 |
| Americans of Czech descent | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T405903 — 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: Czech American Context triple: [Tiffany Trump, ethnicGroup, Czech American]
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A.
Slovak American
Slovak Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Slovak ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from present-day Slovakia and contributed to American cultural, industrial, and artistic life.
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B.
Czechs
Czechs are a West Slavic ethnic group native primarily to the Czech Republic, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical presence in Central Europe.
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C.
Slovaks
Slovaks are a West Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with Slovakia, sharing linguistic and cultural ties with neighboring Slavic peoples.
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D.
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in the western part of the modern Czech Republic, long a cultural and political center of Central Europe.
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E.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked Central European country known for its historic cities like Prague, rich cultural heritage, and membership in major international organizations such as the European Union and NATO.
- 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: Czech American Target entity description: A Czech American is a United States citizen or resident of Czech ancestry, reflecting cultural roots in the Czech Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia).
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A.
Slovak American
Slovak Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Slovak ancestry, many of whose families immigrated from present-day Slovakia and contributed to American cultural, industrial, and artistic life.
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B.
Czechs
Czechs are a West Slavic ethnic group native primarily to the Czech Republic, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical presence in Central Europe.
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C.
Slovaks
Slovaks are a West Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with Slovakia, sharing linguistic and cultural ties with neighboring Slavic peoples.
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D.
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in the western part of the modern Czech Republic, long a cultural and political center of Central Europe.
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E.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked Central European country known for its historic cities like Prague, rich cultural heritage, and membership in major international organizations such as the European Union and NATO.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American of European descent
ⓘ
diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| ancestralLanguage |
Czech language
ⓘ
surface form:
Czech
|
| ancestralOrigin |
Bohemia
ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ Moravia ⓘ Silesia ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | may be United States citizen ⓘ |
| continentOfOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalTradition |
Czech cuisine
ⓘ
Czech festivals ⓘ Czech fraternal organizations ⓘ Czech language newspapers ⓘ polka music ⓘ |
| demographicCategory | white American ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity | American with Czech ancestry ⓘ |
| historicalStateOfOrigin |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| immigrationWave |
19th century immigration to the United States
ⓘ
early 20th century immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| majorSettlementArea |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Cedar Rapids
Windy City ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Cleveland ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Milwaukee ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ New York City ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Omaha ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
Texas ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Czechs
ⓘ
surface form:
Czech people
European American ⓘ
surface form:
European Americans
German Americans ⓘ Polish Americans ⓘ Slovak American ⓘ
surface form:
Slovak Americans
|
| religion |
Judaism
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ non-religious ⓘ |
| residencyStatus | may be United States resident ⓘ |
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: Czech American Description of subject: A Czech American is a United States citizen or resident of Czech ancestry, reflecting cultural roots in the Czech Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia).
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Czech Americans
this entity surface form:
Americans of Czech descent
this entity surface form:
Czech Americans
this entity surface form:
Czech Americans