Jean Berko Gleason
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Jean Berko Gleason is an American psycholinguist best known for her pioneering "wug test," which demonstrated how children acquire morphological rules in language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Berko Gleason canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1520490 — 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: Jean Berko Gleason Context triple: [Morris Halle, spouse, Jean Berko Gleason]
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A.
Arthur H. Gorson
Arthur H. Gorson is a film and music producer known for his work on projects such as the horror film "Cronos" and for collaborating with notable directors and musicians.
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B.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
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C.
Lee Berk
Lee Berk was an American educator and administrator who significantly shaped contemporary music education as a leader of the institution that became Berklee College of Music.
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D.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
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E.
Jack Shulman
Jack Shulman is the son of American actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, actor and businessman Adam Shulman.
- 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: Jean Berko Gleason Target entity description: Jean Berko Gleason is an American psycholinguist best known for her pioneering "wug test," which demonstrated how children acquire morphological rules in language.
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A.
Arthur H. Gorson
Arthur H. Gorson is a film and music producer known for his work on projects such as the horror film "Cronos" and for collaborating with notable directors and musicians.
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B.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
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C.
Lee Berk
Lee Berk was an American educator and administrator who significantly shaped contemporary music education as a leader of the institution that became Berklee College of Music.
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D.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
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E.
Jack Shulman
Jack Shulman is the son of American actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, actor and businessman Adam Shulman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ book ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ psycholinguist ⓘ psycholinguistic experiment ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
linguistics
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psychology ⓘ |
| author | Jean Berko Gleason ⓘ |
| citizenOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | The Development of Language ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Jean Berko Gleason ⓘ |
| employer | Boston University ⓘ |
| familyName | Berko Gleason ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
child language
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language acquisition ⓘ language acquisition ⓘ morphology ⓘ morphology ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| hasTestNamedAfterHer | wug test ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on children’s acquisition of morphological rules
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studies of child language development ⓘ wug test ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | child language development ⓘ |
| name | Jean Berko Gleason ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Development of Language
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The wug test ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor ⓘ psycholinguist ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
child language socialization
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how children acquire morphological rules ⓘ inflectional morphology in children ⓘ |
| use | to demonstrate children’s use of morphological rules ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Boston University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Jean Berko Gleason Description of subject: Jean Berko Gleason is an American psycholinguist best known for her pioneering "wug test," which demonstrated how children acquire morphological rules in language.
Referenced by (9)
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