Michael B. Gerrard
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Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael B. Gerrard canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2034309 — 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: Michael B. Gerrard Context triple: [Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, foundedBy, Michael B. Gerrard]
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A.
Michael S. Barr
Michael S. Barr is an American legal scholar and policymaker who serves as a key U.S. financial regulator, overseeing banking supervision and financial stability at the Federal Reserve.
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B.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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C.
Eric D. Schneider
Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
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D.
Alexander J. Smits
Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
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E.
Eric M. Taylor
Eric M. Taylor was a notable figure significant enough in his community or field to have the Eric M. Taylor Center named in his honor.
- 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: Michael B. Gerrard Target entity description: Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
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A.
Michael S. Barr
Michael S. Barr is an American legal scholar and policymaker who serves as a key U.S. financial regulator, overseeing banking supervision and financial stability at the Federal Reserve.
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B.
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner is an American applied mathematician and physicist known for his influential work in fluid dynamics and complex systems.
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C.
Eric D. Schneider
Eric D. Schneider was a scientist and author known for his work on thermodynamics and complex systems, particularly in collaboration with Dorion Sagan.
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D.
Alexander J. Smits
Alexander J. Smits is a prominent mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for his influential research on turbulent flows and high-speed aerodynamics.
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E.
Eric M. Taylor
Eric M. Taylor was a notable figure significant enough in his community or field to have the Eric M. Taylor Center named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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editor ⓘ environmental lawyer ⓘ human ⓘ law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
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Columbia University ⓘ New York University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Law School
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
climate change law
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climate policy ⓘ energy law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
climate studies
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environmental studies ⓘ law ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
climate adaptation policy
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climate change litigation ⓘ environmental impact assessment ⓘ geoengineering law ⓘ renewable energy law ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty |
climate change law
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environmental law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Bar Association
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New York State Bar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in climate change law
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policy work on climate change ⓘ scholarship on environmental law ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Climate Engineering and the Law
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Environmental Law Practice Guide ⓘ Global Climate Change and U.S. Law ⓘ The Law of Clean Energy ⓘ |
| occupation |
environmental advocate
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lawyer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School
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Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law ⓘ Professor at Columbia Law School ⓘ |
| teaches |
climate change law
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energy law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ |
| worksAt | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law ⓘ |
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: Michael B. Gerrard Description of subject: Michael B. Gerrard is an American environmental lawyer and scholar known for his leadership in climate change law and policy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.