What is the difference between notable_for and notable_types property?

Question

I see that there are both /common/topic/notable_types and /common/topic/notable_for properties in the topic dump of Freebase.

What is the difference between these two? I am assuming that both are providing the notable types of a topic.

Answer 1

Your assumption is incorrect. notable_for can be things other than types - e.g. Justin Bieber (/m/06w2sn5) is notable for being a singer-songwriter (/m/016z4k) which is a profession rather than a type. Also, notable_types is multi-valued whereas notable_for is single-valued.