D. Richard Hipp
E188104
D. Richard Hipp is an American computer programmer best known as the creator of the SQLite database engine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| D. Richard Hipp canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1668703 — 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: D. Richard Hipp Context triple: [SQLite, developer, D. Richard Hipp]
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A.
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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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Larry Sanger
Larry Sanger is an American Internet project developer and philosopher best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia.
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D.
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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E.
Robert Sproull
Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
- 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: D. Richard Hipp Target entity description: D. Richard Hipp is an American computer programmer best known as the creator of the SQLite database engine.
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A.
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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B.
Jon Oberheide
Jon Oberheide is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and researcher best known as the co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, a leading multi-factor authentication and zero-trust security company.
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C.
Larry Sanger
Larry Sanger is an American Internet project developer and philosopher best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia.
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D.
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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E.
Robert Sproull
Robert Sproull is an American computer scientist and technology executive best known for his leadership role at Sun Microsystems and his contributions to computer graphics and systems research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer programmer
ⓘ
human ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in computer science ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developerOf |
Fossil SCM
ⓘ
SQLite ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Duke University
ⓘ
Georgia Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Hwaci ⓘ |
| familyName | Hipp ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
databases
ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| founderOf | Hwaci ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasBlogOrWritings | https://sqlite.org/djr.html ⓘ |
| hasRole |
lead developer of SQLite
ⓘ
maintainer of SQLite ⓘ |
| hasWebsite |
https://sqlite.org
ⓘ
https://www.hwaci.com ⓘ |
| influencedDomain |
embedded database design
ⓘ
lightweight version control systems ⓘ mobile application development ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the SQLite database engine
ⓘ
developing the Fossil distributed version control system ⓘ |
| licensePolicy | public domain licensing for SQLite ⓘ |
| name | D. Richard Hipp ⓘ |
| notableConcept | SQLite as an application file format ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
design of a zero-configuration SQL database engine
ⓘ
popularizing embedded SQL databases ⓘ |
| notableProject | Fossil SCM ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fossil distributed version control system
ⓘ
SQLite ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
ⓘ
software developer ⓘ |
| organizationFoundedType | software consulting company ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageUsed |
C
ⓘ
Tcl ⓘ |
| residence | North Carolina ⓘ |
| softwareDevelopmentPhilosophy |
emphasis on reliability and simplicity
ⓘ
small, self-contained, embeddable tools ⓘ |
| softwareLicenseUsed | public domain ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: D. Richard Hipp Description of subject: D. Richard Hipp is an American computer programmer best known as the creator of the SQLite database engine.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.