Scott Fahlman
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Scott Fahlman is an American computer scientist best known for proposing the first use of the emoticon :-) in online communication and for his work in artificial intelligence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scott Fahlman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916420 — 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: Scott Fahlman Context triple: [Homestead High School, notableAlumnus, Scott Fahlman]
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A.
Steve Delsohn
Steve Delsohn is an American sports journalist and author known for co-writing high-profile investigative and biographical books on major sports figures and issues.
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B.
Mike Gartner
Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
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C.
Phillip Berman
Phillip Berman is a writer best known for coauthoring the spiritual and philosophical work "Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey" with primatologist Jane Goodall.
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D.
Joseph Buloff
Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- 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: Scott Fahlman Target entity description: Scott Fahlman is an American computer scientist best known for proposing the first use of the emoticon :-) in online communication and for his work in artificial intelligence.
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A.
Steve Delsohn
Steve Delsohn is an American sports journalist and author known for co-writing high-profile investigative and biographical books on major sports figures and issues.
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B.
Mike Gartner
Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
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C.
Phillip Berman
Phillip Berman is a writer best known for coauthoring the spiritual and philosophical work "Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey" with primatologist Jane Goodall.
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D.
Joseph Buloff
Joseph Buloff was a Lithuanian-born American actor and director known for his work in Yiddish theater and on Broadway.
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E.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial intelligence researcher
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computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science ⓘ |
| authorOf |
NETL: A System for Representing and Using Real-World Knowledge
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papers on neural network learning algorithms ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948 ⓘ |
| developed |
CMU Common Lisp
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Cascade-Correlation neural network architecture ⓘ
linked to:
Cascade-Correlation learning architecture
|
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Carnegie Mellon University
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linked to:
CMU
|
| fieldOfWork |
artificial intelligence
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computer science ⓘ knowledge representation ⓘ neural networks ⓘ programming languages ⓘ |
| influenced | use of emoticons in digital communication worldwide ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CMU Common Lisp
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Cascade-Correlation learning architecture ⓘ Common Lisp ⓘ NETL (Network Representation of Knowledge) ⓘ emoticon :-( ⓘ emoticon :-) ⓘ semantic networks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | faculty of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early work in artificial intelligence
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proposal of the first sideways emoticon :-) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
CMU Common Lisp implementation
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linked to:
CMU Common Lisp
Cascade-Correlation learning algorithm ⓘ
linked to:
Cascade-Correlation learning architecture
NETL knowledge representation system ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ |
| proposed |
emoticons for distinguishing jokes from serious messages
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use of :-( as a frowny emoticon in online communication ⓘ use of :-) as a smiley emoticon in online communication ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
knowledge representation systems
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machine learning ⓘ neural network architectures ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
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: Scott Fahlman Description of subject: Scott Fahlman is an American computer scientist best known for proposing the first use of the emoticon :-) in online communication and for his work in artificial intelligence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.