David Bartel
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David Bartel is an American molecular biologist known for his pioneering research on microRNAs and RNA interference in gene regulation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Bartel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T839869 — 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 Bartel Context triple: [Phillip A. Sharp, notableStudent, David Bartel]
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A.
Steve Bartels
Steve Bartels is a music industry executive best known for serving as CEO of Def Jam Recordings, where he oversaw major hip-hop and R&B artists and releases.
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B.
John Boettiger
John Boettiger was an American journalist and newspaper publisher best known as the second husband of Anna Roosevelt, daughter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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D.
Dan Koretzky
Dan Koretzky is an American music industry figure best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the influential independent record label Drag City.
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E.
Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Lennertz is an American composer best known for his film, television, and video game scores, including work on major comedies, action films, and popular series like Supernatural.
- 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 Bartel Target entity description: David Bartel is an American molecular biologist known for his pioneering research on microRNAs and RNA interference in gene regulation.
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A.
Steve Bartels
Steve Bartels is a music industry executive best known for serving as CEO of Def Jam Recordings, where he oversaw major hip-hop and R&B artists and releases.
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B.
John Boettiger
John Boettiger was an American journalist and newspaper publisher best known as the second husband of Anna Roosevelt, daughter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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D.
Dan Koretzky
Dan Koretzky is an American music industry figure best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the influential independent record label Drag City.
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E.
Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Lennertz is an American composer best known for his film, television, and video game scores, including work on major comedies, action films, and popular series like Supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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molecular biologist ⓘ person ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
RNA biology
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RNA interference ⓘ gene regulation ⓘ microRNA ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
advanced understanding of RNA interference mechanisms
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developed methods to identify microRNA targets ⓘ helped define the roles of microRNAs in animals ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
biogenesis of microRNAs
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evolution of microRNA pathways ⓘ quantitative analysis of gene regulation by microRNAs ⓘ target recognition by microRNAs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discoveries in post-transcriptional gene regulation
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pioneering research on microRNAs ⓘ research on RNA interference in gene regulation ⓘ |
| memberOf | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ |
| studies |
mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing
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small regulatory RNAs ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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 Bartel Description of subject: David Bartel is an American molecular biologist known for his pioneering research on microRNAs and RNA interference in gene regulation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.