Alan Robinson
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Alan Robinson is a British computer scientist and logician best known for pioneering automated theorem proving through his development of the resolution principle and unification algorithm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Robinson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2139589 — 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: Alan Robinson Context triple: [Jacques Herbrand, influenced, Alan Robinson]
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A.
Shawn Hochuli
Shawn Hochuli is an American NFL official who followed his father Ed Hochuli into a prominent career as a referee.
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B.
Zach Thomas
Zach Thomas is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, standout career with the Miami Dolphins, where he became one of the league’s most productive and respected defensive players.
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C.
Ada Foah
Ada Foah is a coastal town in southeastern Ghana known for its beaches, estuary scenery, and role as a local fishing and tourism center.
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D.
Champ Bailey
Champ Bailey is a Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history.
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E.
Cam Ward
Cam Ward is a Canadian former NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
- 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: Alan Robinson Target entity description: Alan Robinson is a British computer scientist and logician best known for pioneering automated theorem proving through his development of the resolution principle and unification algorithm.
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A.
Shawn Hochuli
Shawn Hochuli is an American NFL official who followed his father Ed Hochuli into a prominent career as a referee.
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B.
Zach Thomas
Zach Thomas is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, standout career with the Miami Dolphins, where he became one of the league’s most productive and respected defensive players.
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C.
Ada Foah
Ada Foah is a coastal town in southeastern Ghana known for its beaches, estuary scenery, and role as a local fishing and tourism center.
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D.
Champ Bailey
Champ Bailey is a Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history.
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E.
Cam Ward
Cam Ward is a Canadian former NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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computer scientist ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
automated reasoning
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first-order logic ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
automated theorem proving
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computer science ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ |
| influenced |
research in automated deduction
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research in logic programming ⓘ |
| knownFor |
automated theorem proving
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resolution principle ⓘ unification algorithm ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of the resolution principle
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development of the unification algorithm ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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researcher ⓘ |
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: Alan Robinson Description of subject: Alan Robinson is a British computer scientist and logician best known for pioneering automated theorem proving through his development of the resolution principle and unification algorithm.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.