Yuval Ne'eman
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Yuval Ne'eman was an Israeli physicist and statesman best known for his pioneering contributions to particle physics and the development of quark classification schemes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuval Ne'eman canonical | 5 |
| Yuval Neeman | 2 |
| Yuval Ne’eman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1580341 — 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: Yuval Ne'eman Context triple: [Eightfold Way classification, introducedBy, Yuval Ne'eman]
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A.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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B.
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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C.
Arthur Gell-Mann
Arthur Gell-Mann was the brother of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann and a member of the Gell-Mann family, though he is not widely known in his own right.
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D.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.
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E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- 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: Yuval Ne'eman Target entity description: Yuval Ne'eman was an Israeli physicist and statesman best known for his pioneering contributions to particle physics and the development of quark classification schemes.
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A.
Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik was an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the Higgs mechanism that explains how particles acquire mass.
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B.
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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C.
Arthur Gell-Mann
Arthur Gell-Mann was the brother of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann and a member of the Gell-Mann family, though he is not widely known in his own right.
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D.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.
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E.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli politician
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human ⓘ particle physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ statesman ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
EMET Prize
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Israel Prize in exact sciences ⓘ Weizmann Prize ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1925-05-14 ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Haim Harari
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Murray Gell-Mann ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2006-04-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Imperial College London
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Tel Aviv University
ⓘ
University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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particle physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| founded |
School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University
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linked to:
Tel Aviv University
Tehiya political party ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the quark model ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Eightfold Way
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SU(3) flavor symmetry in particle physics ⓘ contributions to hadron classification ⓘ quark model classification ⓘ |
| memberOf |
European Physical Society
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Tehiya ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| name | Yuval Ne'eman ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to gauge theories and gravitation
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papers on SU(3) symmetry and hadron classification ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Israeli Minister of Science and Technology
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director of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ founder of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University ⓘ member of the Knesset ⓘ president of Tel Aviv University ⓘ professor at Tel Aviv University ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servedIn | Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Yuval Ne'eman Description of subject: Yuval Ne'eman was an Israeli physicist and statesman best known for his pioneering contributions to particle physics and the development of quark classification schemes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yuval Ne'eman
subject linked to:
Tehiya political party
linked to: Yuval Ne'eman
subject linked to:
Tehiya political party
linked to: Yuval Ne'eman