Matthew Dryer
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Matthew Dryer is a linguist renowned for his work in language typology and word order correlations across the world’s languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matthew Dryer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2254232 — 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: Matthew Dryer Context triple: [Joseph Greenberg, influencedScholar, Matthew Dryer]
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A.
Derek Dowding
Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
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B.
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Elliott was a distinguished English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in movies such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "A Room with a View."
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C.
Matthew Talbot
Matthew Talbot was an early 19th-century American politician from Georgia who briefly served as the state's governor and was influential enough that Talbot County was named in his honor.
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D.
Ian Mackley
Ian Mackley is the husband of British comedian and television personality Julian Clary.
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E.
Peter Sissons
Peter Sissons was a prominent British journalist and television newsreader best known for presenting major news programmes on the BBC and ITN.
- 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: Matthew Dryer Target entity description: Matthew Dryer is a linguist renowned for his work in language typology and word order correlations across the world’s languages.
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A.
Derek Dowding
Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
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B.
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Elliott was a distinguished English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in movies such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "A Room with a View."
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C.
Matthew Talbot
Matthew Talbot was an early 19th-century American politician from Georgia who briefly served as the state's governor and was influential enough that Talbot County was named in his honor.
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D.
Ian Mackley
Ian Mackley is the husband of British comedian and television personality Julian Clary.
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E.
Peter Sissons
Peter Sissons was a prominent British journalist and television newsreader best known for presenting major news programmes on the BBC and ITN.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguist
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person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Alberta
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University of Massachusetts Amherst ⓘ |
| employer | University at Buffalo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
language typology
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linguistics ⓘ syntax ⓘ word order typology ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
descriptive linguistics
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theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasRole | professor of linguistics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross‑linguistic typological surveys
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research on word order correlations ⓘ work on the World Atlas of Language Structures ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Linguistic Society of America ⓘ |
| notableConcept | word order correlations across languages ⓘ |
| notableWork |
chapters in the World Atlas of Language Structures
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papers on word order correlations ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Buffalo, New York
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linked to:
Buffalo
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| positionHeld | editor of World Atlas of Language Structures ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
basic word order
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grammatical relations ⓘ language documentation ⓘ language universals ⓘ |
| studies | world’s languages ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Matthew Dryer Description of subject: Matthew Dryer is a linguist renowned for his work in language typology and word order correlations across the world’s languages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.