Yehuda Hoffman
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Yehuda Hoffman is an astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology and large-scale structure, including helping identify and characterize the Laniakea Supercluster.
All labels observed (1)
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| Yehuda Hoffman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014573 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yehuda Hoffman Context triple: [Laniakea Supercluster, discoveredBy, Yehuda Hoffman]
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Eliyahu Dobkin
Eliyahu Dobkin was a Zionist leader and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who played a key role in the establishment of the State of Israel.
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Zerach Warhaftig
Zerach Warhaftig was an Israeli religious Zionist politician, jurist, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served for many years as a Knesset member and government minister.
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C.
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Yitzhak Gruenbaum was a prominent Zionist leader and Israeli politician who played a key role in the founding of the State of Israel and served as its first Minister of the Interior.
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D.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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Eliyahu Sasson
Eliyahu Sasson was an Israeli politician and diplomat who played a significant role in the early political institutions of the State of Israel.
- 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: Yehuda Hoffman Target entity description: Yehuda Hoffman is an astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology and large-scale structure, including helping identify and characterize the Laniakea Supercluster.
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A.
Eliyahu Dobkin
Eliyahu Dobkin was a Zionist leader and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who played a key role in the establishment of the State of Israel.
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B.
Zerach Warhaftig
Zerach Warhaftig was an Israeli religious Zionist politician, jurist, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served for many years as a Knesset member and government minister.
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C.
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Yitzhak Gruenbaum was a prominent Zionist leader and Israeli politician who played a key role in the founding of the State of Israel and served as its first Minister of the Interior.
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D.
Leon Feldhendler
Leon Feldhendler was a Polish Jewish resistance leader and Holocaust survivor best known for co-organizing the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp.
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E.
Eliyahu Sasson
Eliyahu Sasson was an Israeli politician and diplomat who played a significant role in the early political institutions of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrophysicist
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cosmologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| affiliation | Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
definition of the Laniakea Supercluster as a basin of attraction
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mapping of galaxy flows in the local universe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
astronomy
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physics ⓘ |
| hasRole | professor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to the study of cosmic flows
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helping characterize the Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ helping identify the Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ work on large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research on the Laniakea Supercluster
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research on the local universe ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cosmic velocity fields
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reconstruction of initial conditions of the universe ⓘ structure formation in the universe ⓘ |
| studies |
cosmic web
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distribution of galaxies ⓘ local group environment ⓘ superclusters of galaxies ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
Bayesian reconstruction techniques in cosmology
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constrained simulations of the local universe ⓘ |
| workLocation | Jerusalem ⓘ |
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Subject: Yehuda Hoffman Description of subject: Yehuda Hoffman is an astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology and large-scale structure, including helping identify and characterize the Laniakea Supercluster.
Referenced by (2)
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