David Philipson
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David Philipson was a prominent American Reform rabbi, scholar, and leader in the early 20th-century Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Philipson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9588711 — 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 Philipson Context triple: [Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, notableBurial, David Philipson]
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A.
David Phillips
David Phillips was a film cinematographer best known for his work on the 1995 drama "The Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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B.
David Baulcombe
David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA silencing and gene regulation in plants.
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C.
Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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D.
Stephen Lipson
Stephen Lipson is a British record producer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
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E.
David Richards
David Richards was a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his work with bands like Queen and artists such as David Bowie, particularly at Mountain Studios in Montreux.
- 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 Philipson Target entity description: David Philipson was a prominent American Reform rabbi, scholar, and leader in the early 20th-century Jewish community.
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A.
David Phillips
David Phillips was a film cinematographer best known for his work on the 1995 drama "The Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
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B.
David Baulcombe
David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA silencing and gene regulation in plants.
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C.
Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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D.
Stephen Lipson
Stephen Lipson is a British record producer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
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E.
David Richards
David Richards was a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his work with bands like Queen and artists such as David Bowie, particularly at Mountain Studios in Montreux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Jew
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Jewish religious leader ⓘ Reform rabbi ⓘ author ⓘ historian of Judaism ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1862-08-11 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1949-02-02 ⓘ |
| denomination | Reform Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hebrew Union College
NERFINISHED
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University of Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Philipson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish history
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Jewish-Christian relations ⓘ Reform Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish studies
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religious history ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | American Reform Jewish thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Central Conference of American Rabbis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Reform Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Philipson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to early 20th-century American Jewish life
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leadership in American Reform Judaism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Old European Jewries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Jew in English Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reform Movement in Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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rabbi ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of the Pittsburgh Platform of Reform Judaism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Cincinnati, Ohio
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
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rabbi of Rockdale Temple, Cincinnati ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spokeAt | Pittsburgh Conference of Reform Rabbis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | history of Reform Judaism in America ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Jewish emancipation in Europe
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Reform liturgy ⓘ portrayal of Jews in English literature ⓘ |
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 Philipson Description of subject: David Philipson was a prominent American Reform rabbi, scholar, and leader in the early 20th-century Jewish community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery