Theodore Miller Edison
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Theodore Miller Edison was an American inventor and the youngest son of Thomas Edison, known for his work in electronics and environmental conservation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theodore Miller Edison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9513247 — 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: Theodore Miller Edison Context triple: [Edison family, hasChildOfHead, Theodore Miller Edison]
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A.
Thomas Alva Edison Jr.
Thomas Alva Edison Jr. was one of the sons of famed American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, known primarily for his familial connection rather than for major independent achievements.
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B.
William Leslie Edison
William Leslie Edison was one of the sons of inventor Thomas Edison, belonging to the Edison family of the famed American inventor.
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C.
Charles Edison
Charles Edison was an American politician and businessman who served as the 42nd governor of New Jersey and was the son of inventor Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison.
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D.
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
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E.
Edison
"Edison" is a 2005 crime thriller film (also known as "Edison Force") about corruption in a city's elite police unit, featuring an ensemble cast including Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, LL Cool J, and Justin Timberlake.
- 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: Theodore Miller Edison Target entity description: Theodore Miller Edison was an American inventor and the youngest son of Thomas Edison, known for his work in electronics and environmental conservation.
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A.
Thomas Alva Edison Jr.
Thomas Alva Edison Jr. was one of the sons of famed American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, known primarily for his familial connection rather than for major independent achievements.
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B.
William Leslie Edison
William Leslie Edison was one of the sons of inventor Thomas Edison, belonging to the Edison family of the famed American inventor.
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C.
Charles Edison
Charles Edison was an American politician and businessman who served as the 42nd governor of New Jersey and was the son of inventor Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison.
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D.
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was a pioneering American inventor and businessman best known for developing the practical incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
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E.
Edison
Edison is a large, diverse township in central New Jersey known for its suburban communities, major transportation links, and historical association with inventor Thomas Edison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American inventor
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Bachelor of Science in Physics ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1898-07-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | West Orange, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1992-11-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | West Orange, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Edison Industries
NERFINISHED
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Alva Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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electronics ⓘ environmental conservation ⓘ |
| fullName | Theodore Miller Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Theodore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestry | Dutch-American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the youngest son of Thomas Edison
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environmental conservation efforts ⓘ work in electronics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Mina Miller Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Charles Edison
NERFINISHED
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Mina Miller Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Alva Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for environmental conservation
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research and development in electronics ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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inventor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of electronic devices in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| positionInFamily | youngest son of Thomas Edison ⓘ |
| residence | West Orange, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charles Edison
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Alva Edison Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Maria Osterhout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Newark, New Jersey, United States
NERFINISHED
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West Orange, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Theodore Miller Edison Description of subject: Theodore Miller Edison was an American inventor and the youngest son of Thomas Edison, known for his work in electronics and environmental conservation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.