Raymond
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Raymond is the given name of Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer widely credited with inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raymond canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1155293 — 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: Raymond Context triple: [Ray Tomlinson, givenName, Raymond]
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A.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
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D.
Raymond Holt
Raymond Holt is a stoic, hyper-competent, and deadpan NYPD captain known for his leadership of the 99th precinct and his subtle, dry humor on the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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E.
Jerome
Jerome is the maiden surname of Lady Randolph Churchill, the American-born mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
- 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: Raymond Target entity description: Raymond is the given name of Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer widely credited with inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
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A.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
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D.
Raymond Holt
Raymond Holt is a stoic, hyper-competent, and deadpan NYPD captain known for his leadership of the 99th precinct and his subtle, dry humor on the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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E.
Jerome
Jerome is the maiden surname of Lady Randolph Churchill, the American-born mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer programmer
ⓘ
given name ⓘ human ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Internet Hall of Fame induction
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Hall of Fame
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Germanic name Raginmund ⓘ |
| developed | networked email on ARPANET ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| employer |
BBN Technologies
ⓘ
Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ |
| familyName | Tomlinson ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
computer engineering
ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ email technology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ray
ⓘ
Raymond ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Raymond ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | counsel protector ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Ray Tomlinson ⓘ |
| influenced |
Internet communication standards
ⓘ
modern email systems ⓘ |
| introduced | use of the "@" symbol to separate user and host in email addresses ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Old French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Internet Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introduction of the "@" symbol in email addresses
ⓘ
invention of networked email ⓘ |
| notableWork | implementation of the first email program on ARPANET ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ |
| shortForm | Ray ⓘ |
| usedIn |
English language
ⓘ
French language ⓘ German language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish
|
| usedProgrammingLanguage |
TENEX operating system tools
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| workedOn | ARPANET ⓘ |
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: Raymond Description of subject: Raymond is the given name of Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer widely credited with inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.