Abraham Silberschatz
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Abraham Silberschatz is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential textbooks on database systems and operating systems, widely used in computer science education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abraham Silberschatz canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1531880 — 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: Abraham Silberschatz Context triple: [Database System Concepts, hasAuthor, Abraham Silberschatz]
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A.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a renowned computer scientist and educator best known for creating the MINIX operating system and authoring influential textbooks on computer architecture and operating systems.
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B.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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C.
Moshe Y. Vardi
Moshe Y. Vardi is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in logic in computer science, database theory, and automated verification.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Barbara Liskov
Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist renowned for her pioneering work in programming languages, data abstraction, and distributed systems, and is one of the first women to receive the Turing Award.
- 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: Abraham Silberschatz Target entity description: Abraham Silberschatz is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential textbooks on database systems and operating systems, widely used in computer science education.
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A.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a renowned computer scientist and educator best known for creating the MINIX operating system and authoring influential textbooks on computer architecture and operating systems.
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B.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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C.
Moshe Y. Vardi
Moshe Y. Vardi is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in logic in computer science, database theory, and automated verification.
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D.
Peter J. Denning
Peter J. Denning is an American computer scientist renowned for his foundational work in operating systems, particularly virtual memory, and for his leadership in advancing the science and practice of computing.
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E.
Barbara Liskov
Barbara Liskov is an American computer scientist renowned for her pioneering work in programming languages, data abstraction, and distributed systems, and is one of the first women to receive the Turing Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| almaMater |
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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linked to:
Stony Brook University
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| awardReceived |
AAAS Fellow
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ACM Fellow ⓘ Bell Laboratories President’s Award ⓘ Bellcore Award of Excellence ⓘ IEEE Fellow ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Israel
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| coAuthorWith |
Greg Gagne
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Henry F. Korth NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Baer Galvin ⓘ S. Sudarshan ⓘ |
| education | PhD in computer science ⓘ |
| employer | Yale University ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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database systems ⓘ operating systems ⓘ |
| formerEmployer |
Bell Laboratories
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linked to:
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bellcore ⓘ
linked to:
Telcordia Technologies
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| hasAcademicPublication |
Database System Concepts
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Operating System Concepts ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer science curriculum in databases
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computer science curriculum in operating systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Database System Concepts
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Operating System Concepts ⓘ textbooks on database systems ⓘ textbooks on operating systems ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Israeli-American ⓘ |
| notableWorkEditionCount |
multiple editions of Database System Concepts
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multiple editions of Operating System Concepts ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| position | Sidney J. Weinberg Professor ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
database systems
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distributed systems ⓘ operating systems ⓘ |
| textbookUsedIn |
graduate computer science education
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undergraduate computer science education ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Department of Computer Science, Yale University ⓘ |
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: Abraham Silberschatz Description of subject: Abraham Silberschatz is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential textbooks on database systems and operating systems, widely used in computer science education.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.