David J. Wetherall
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David J. Wetherall is a computer scientist and academic known for his influential work and textbooks in computer networking.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David J. Wetherall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1531839 — 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: David J. Wetherall Context triple: [Computer Networks, hasAuthor, David J. Wetherall]
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A.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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B.
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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C.
Michael S. Paterson
Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
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D.
Ian Foster
Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
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E.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
- 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: David J. Wetherall Target entity description: David J. Wetherall is a computer scientist and academic known for his influential work and textbooks in computer networking.
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A.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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B.
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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C.
Michael S. Paterson
Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
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D.
Ian Foster
Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
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E.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of Washington Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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linked to:
University of Washington
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| coAuthorOf |
Computer Networks, 5th Edition
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linked to:
Computer Networks
|
| coAuthorWith |
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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Nick Feamster ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | University of Washington ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
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computer science ⓘ |
| genre | academic textbook ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | computer science ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author
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educator ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research in computer networking
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textbooks on computer networking ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential contributions to computer networking education ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Computer Networks (textbook)
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linked to:
Computer Networks
|
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
internet protocols
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network architecture ⓘ network measurement ⓘ network security ⓘ wireless networks ⓘ |
| teaches | computer networking ⓘ |
| workLocation | Seattle ⓘ |
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: David J. Wetherall Description of subject: David J. Wetherall is a computer scientist and academic known for his influential work and textbooks in computer networking.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.