C. Norman Winningstad
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C. Norman Winningstad was an American engineer and technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Lattice Semiconductor and a key figure in Oregon’s high-tech industry.
All labels observed (1)
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| C. Norman Winningstad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7328762 — 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: C. Norman Winningstad Context triple: [Lattice Semiconductor, foundedBy, C. Norman Winningstad]
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A.
Ronald Nored
Ronald Nored is a former Butler University point guard and defensive standout who helped lead the Bulldogs to consecutive NCAA Tournament title games before transitioning into a coaching career.
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B.
Harry W. Gerstad
Harry W. Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic films such as "High Noon" and "Champion."
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C.
John Myhre
John Myhre is an Academy Award–winning American production designer and art director known for his work on major films such as "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha," and "Dreamgirls."
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D.
Charles J. Pedersen
Charles J. Pedersen was an American chemist renowned for his discovery of crown ethers, work that earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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E.
Philip Aaberg
Philip Aaberg is an American pianist and composer known for his genre-blending contemporary instrumental music that often reflects the landscapes and spirit of the American West.
- 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: C. Norman Winningstad Target entity description: C. Norman Winningstad was an American engineer and technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Lattice Semiconductor and a key figure in Oregon’s high-tech industry.
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A.
Ronald Nored
Ronald Nored is a former Butler University point guard and defensive standout who helped lead the Bulldogs to consecutive NCAA Tournament title games before transitioning into a coaching career.
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B.
Harry W. Gerstad
Harry W. Gerstad was an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on classic films such as "High Noon" and "Champion."
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C.
John Myhre
John Myhre is an Academy Award–winning American production designer and art director known for his work on major films such as "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha," and "Dreamgirls."
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D.
Charles J. Pedersen
Charles J. Pedersen was an American chemist renowned for his discovery of crown ethers, work that earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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E.
Philip Aaberg
Philip Aaberg is an American pianist and composer known for his genre-blending contemporary instrumental music that often reflects the landscapes and spirit of the American West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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technology entrepreneur ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Oregon technology community
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Silicon Forest companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Lattice Semiconductor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | Lattice Semiconductor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Winningstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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entrepreneurship ⓘ semiconductor technology ⓘ |
| givenName | C. Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
high technology industry
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semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Lattice Semiconductor
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role in Oregon high-tech industry ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | key figure in growth of Oregon’s high-tech sector ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of programmable logic device business at Lattice Semiconductor ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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engineer ⓘ technology entrepreneur ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Silicon Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-founder of Lattice Semiconductor
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technology executive in Oregon ⓘ |
| residence | Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Oregon
NERFINISHED
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Portland metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: C. Norman Winningstad Description of subject: C. Norman Winningstad was an American engineer and technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Lattice Semiconductor and a key figure in Oregon’s high-tech industry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.