Oren Patashnik
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Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oren Patashnik canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1531404 — 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: Oren Patashnik Context triple: [Concrete Mathematics, author, Oren Patashnik]
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A.
Hal Abelson
Hal Abelson is an American computer scientist and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in computer science education, open knowledge, and software freedom.
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B.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
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C.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
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D.
Robert Griesemer
Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
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E.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
- 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: Oren Patashnik Target entity description: Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
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A.
Hal Abelson
Hal Abelson is an American computer scientist and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in computer science education, open knowledge, and software freedom.
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B.
Alan Emtage
Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
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C.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
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D.
Robert Griesemer
Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
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E.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
LaTeX
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TeX ⓘ
linked to:
TeX typesetting system
|
| coauthorOf |
"Concrete Mathematics"
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linked to:
Concrete Mathematics
|
| coauthorWith |
Donald E. Knuth
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Ronald L. Graham ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
mathematical foundations of computer science education
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standardization of bibliographic data formats in TeX/LaTeX ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (inferred, not certain)
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| developerOf | BibTeX ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algorithm analysis
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computer science ⓘ discrete mathematics ⓘ scientific typesetting ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematics textbook
ⓘ
technical writing ⓘ |
| hasRole |
coauthor of "Concrete Mathematics"
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creator of BibTeX ⓘ |
| influenced |
citation practices in LaTeX documents
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reference management in scientific publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coauthoring the textbook "Concrete Mathematics"
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creating the BibTeX reference management tool ⓘ work related to LaTeX ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science"
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linked to:
Concrete Mathematics
BibTeX ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer scientist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| toolDesignedFor | BibTeX – LaTeX users ⓘ |
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: Oren Patashnik Description of subject: Oren Patashnik is a computer scientist best known for coauthoring the influential textbook "Concrete Mathematics" and for creating the BibTeX reference management tool used with LaTeX.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.