Adele Goldberg
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Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist best known for her pioneering work on the Smalltalk programming language and object-oriented programming at Xerox PARC.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adele Goldberg canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1377563 — 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: Adele Goldberg Context triple: [Alan Kay, influenced, Adele Goldberg]
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A.
Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg is an American activist and politician known for her prominent role in the 1960s Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and her later service in California politics.
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B.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
Jan Adele
Jan Adele was an Australian actress and comedian best known for her character roles in film, television, and theatre during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Art Goldberg
Art Goldberg was a prominent activist and organizer associated with the 1960s Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley.
- 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: Adele Goldberg Target entity description: Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist best known for her pioneering work on the Smalltalk programming language and object-oriented programming at Xerox PARC.
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A.
Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg is an American activist and politician known for her prominent role in the 1960s Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and her later service in California politics.
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B.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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C.
Jan Adele
Jan Adele was an Australian actress and comedian best known for her character roles in film, television, and theatre during the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Art Goldberg
Art Goldberg was a prominent activist and organizer associated with the 1960s Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM Software System Award
ⓘ
PC Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice
ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
|
| coAuthorWith |
Alan Kay
ⓘ
Dan Ingalls ⓘ David Robson ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf |
Smalltalk-80
ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
|
| contributedTo |
Smalltalk-72
ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
Smalltalk-76 ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
Smalltalk-80 ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
development of integrated development environments (IDEs) ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Morton Heiligman ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| education | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century computer science
ⓘ
21st-century computer science ⓘ |
| field | computer science ⓘ |
| founded |
Neometron
ⓘ
Park Place Systems ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alan Kay
ⓘ
Simula programming language ⓘ
linked to:
Simula
|
| influencedField |
graphical user interfaces
ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Smalltalk programming language
ⓘ
linked to:
Smalltalk
object-oriented programming ⓘ work at Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | ACM ⓘ |
| name | Adele Goldberg ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableConcept | model-view-controller (MVC) usage in Smalltalk environment ⓘ |
| notableWork |
design of Smalltalk class libraries
ⓘ
documentation of Smalltalk system ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ technology executive ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Palo Alto, California ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of ACM ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
object-oriented design
ⓘ
programming languages ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Xerox PARC
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adele Goldberg Description of subject: Adele Goldberg is an American computer scientist best known for her pioneering work on the Smalltalk programming language and object-oriented programming at Xerox PARC.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.