Tilden
E96246
Tilden is a given name and surname most notably associated with several prominent American figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tilden canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T781205 — 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: Tilden Context triple: [William Tilden Blodgett, middleName, Tilden]
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A.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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B.
Davis
Davis is the individual or party who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal-era federal taxation and social welfare provisions.
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C.
Davis
Davis is an underground rapid transit station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
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D.
Davis
Davis is a common English-language surname of Scottish and Welsh origin, often meaning "son of David."
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E.
Kuvempu
Kuvempu was a renowned Indian poet, novelist, and playwright who became one of the most influential figures in modern Kannada literature and a leading voice of the Navodaya literary movement.
- 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: Tilden Target entity description: Tilden is a given name and surname most notably associated with several prominent American figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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A.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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B.
Davis
Davis is the individual or party who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal-era federal taxation and social welfare provisions.
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C.
Davis
Davis is an underground rapid transit station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
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D.
Davis
Davis is a common English-language surname of Scottish and Welsh origin, often meaning "son of David."
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E.
Kuvempu
Kuvempu was a renowned Indian poet, novelist, and playwright who became one of the most influential figures in modern Kannada literature and a leading voice of the Navodaya literary movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Daken
ⓘ
Tilden self-linksurface differs ⓘ Tilden self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | landscape painting ⓘ |
| givenName |
Samuel
ⓘ
Tilden self-linksurface differs ⓘ William ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Bill Tilden
ⓘ
Samuel J. Tilden ⓘ Tilden Daken ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Tildan
ⓘ
Tildon ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| nameCategory |
English-language masculine given name
ⓘ
English-language surname ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candidate in the 1876 United States presidential election
ⓘ
multiple Grand Slam singles titles ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
ⓘ
politician ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor of New York ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Tilden Description of subject: Tilden is a given name and surname most notably associated with several prominent American figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel J. Tilden
subject surface form:
Bill Tilden