Revson
E910435
Revson is a surname most prominently associated with Charles Revson, the founder of the Revlon cosmetics empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11196485 — 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: Revson Context triple: [Charles Revson, familyName, Revson]
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A.
Royer
Royer was a costume designer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1939 drama "The Rains Came."
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B.
Leumann
Leumann is a surname of likely Germanic or Swiss origin borne by individuals such as academic and public figure Christian Leumann.
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C.
Evison
Evison is a surname most notably associated with New Zealand actress Pat Evison, recognized for her work in film, television, and theatre.
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D.
Rowe
Rowe is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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E.
Valenton
Valenton is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major transport routes.
- 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: Revson Target entity description: Revson is a surname most prominently associated with Charles Revson, the founder of the Revlon cosmetics empire.
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A.
Royer
Royer was a costume designer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1939 drama "The Rains Came."
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B.
Leumann
Leumann is a surname of likely Germanic or Swiss origin borne by individuals such as academic and public figure Christian Leumann.
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C.
Evison
Evison is a surname most notably associated with New Zealand actress Pat Evison, recognized for her work in film, television, and theatre.
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D.
Rowe
Rowe is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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E.
Valenton
Valenton is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major transport routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
cosmetics company ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1906-10-11
ⓘ
1939-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1974-03-22
ⓘ
1975-10-24 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Revson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cosmetics ⓘ |
| founded | Revlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Charles Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Charles
ⓘ
Peter ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1932 ⓘ |
| industry |
cosmetics industry
ⓘ
cosmetics industry ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding Revlon ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of Revlon nail enamel line ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ racing driver ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kyalami
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Revlon
ⓘ
founder of Revlon ⓘ president of Revlon ⓘ |
| relative | Charles Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sport | Formula One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Charles Revson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Revson 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: Revson Description of subject: Revson is a surname most prominently associated with Charles Revson, the founder of the Revlon cosmetics empire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.