David MacMillan
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David MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the field of organocatalysis.
All labels observed (1)
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| David MacMillan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18921317 — 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: David MacMillan Context triple: [Prelog Medal, notableRecipient, David MacMillan]
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A.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
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B.
Andrew McMillan
Andrew McMillan is a software developer and open-source contributor known for his work on email and groupware technologies, particularly with the Kolab groupware server.
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C.
Robert David MacDonald
Robert David MacDonald was a Scottish playwright, translator, and theatre director best known for his influential work at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from the 1970s onward.
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D.
Ian Dewar
Ian Dewar is an individual associated with the use or application of the Dewar concept or device, likely in a scientific or technical context.
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E.
William MacAskill
William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and Oxford academic best known as a co-founder and leading theorist of the effective altruism 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: David MacMillan Target entity description: David MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the field of organocatalysis.
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A.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
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B.
Andrew McMillan
Andrew McMillan is a software developer and open-source contributor known for his work on email and groupware technologies, particularly with the Kolab groupware server.
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C.
Robert David MacDonald
Robert David MacDonald was a Scottish playwright, translator, and theatre director best known for his influential work at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from the 1970s onward.
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D.
Ian Dewar
Ian Dewar is an individual associated with the use or application of the Dewar concept or device, likely in a scientific or technical context.
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E.
William MacAskill
William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and Oxford academic best known as a co-founder and leading theorist of the effective altruism movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.