Robert H. Waterman
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Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert H. Waterman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7047650 — 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: Robert H. Waterman Context triple: [Fairfield, California, foundedBy, Robert H. Waterman]
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A.
Peter A. Dowling
Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
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B.
David G. Booth
David G. Booth is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors and a major benefactor of the University of Chicago.
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C.
Robert I. Sutton
Robert I. Sutton is an American organizational psychologist and Stanford professor best known for his research and popular books on workplace behavior, leadership, and evidence-based management.
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D.
James G. March
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
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E.
Robert B. Marks
Robert B. Marks is a writer and commentator best known for his work on video game culture and the history of the Warcraft franchise.
- 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: Robert H. Waterman Target entity description: Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
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A.
Peter A. Dowling
Peter A. Dowling is a screenwriter best known for his work on high-concept Hollywood thrillers, including the Jodie Foster–led film "Flightplan."
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B.
David G. Booth
David G. Booth is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors and a major benefactor of the University of Chicago.
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C.
Robert I. Sutton
Robert I. Sutton is an American organizational psychologist and Stanford professor best known for his research and popular books on workplace behavior, leadership, and evidence-based management.
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D.
James G. March
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
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E.
Robert B. Marks
Robert B. Marks is a writer and commentator best known for his work on video game culture and the history of the Warcraft franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century American businessperson
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ sea captain ⓘ |
| contributedTo | urban development of Fairfield, California ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | pre-modern California urban development ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business
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maritime trade ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | commercial shipping ⓘ |
| hasNotableConnection |
Fairfield, California
NERFINISHED
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Solano County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early settler and developer in Fairfield, California ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding of Fairfield, California
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role in the early development of Fairfield, California ⓘ |
| lifestyle | maritime ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | founder of Fairfield, California ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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sea captain ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
California
NERFINISHED
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Fairfield, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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: Robert H. Waterman Description of subject: Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.