Richard J. Wilson
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Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard J. Wilson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1403602 — 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: Richard J. Wilson Context triple: [Richard K. Guy, coAuthor, Richard J. Wilson]
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
Robert J. Wynne
Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
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E.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
- 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: Richard J. Wilson Target entity description: Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
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A.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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B.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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C.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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D.
Robert J. Wynne
Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
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E.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British mathematician
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author ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graph theory
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mathematics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
academic mathematics
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popular mathematics ⓘ |
| hasCoauthor | Robin J. Wilson ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
combinatorics
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discrete mathematics ⓘ graph theory ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
co-authoring influential mathematics textbooks
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popularizing graph theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
graph theory
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mathematics education ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Graphs and Applications
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Introduction to Graph Theory ⓘ Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics ⓘ |
| occupation |
university teacher
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writer ⓘ |
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: Richard J. Wilson Description of subject: Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.