Robert J. Alpern
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Robert J. Alpern is an American nephrologist and academic leader best known for serving as dean of the Yale School of Medicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert J. Alpern canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2825248 — 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: Robert J. Alpern Context triple: [Yale School of Medicine, hasNotableFaculty, Robert J. Alpern]
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A.
James Altman
James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
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B.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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C.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
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D.
Douglas Shulman
Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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E.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
- 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: Robert J. Alpern Target entity description: Robert J. Alpern is an American nephrologist and academic leader best known for serving as dean of the Yale School of Medicine.
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A.
James Altman
James Altman is the son of American lawyer and video game executive Robert A. Altman.
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B.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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C.
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
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D.
Douglas Shulman
Douglas Shulman is an American public official who served as the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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E.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ medical researcher ⓘ nephrologist ⓘ physician ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree
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Doctor of Medicine ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Yale School of Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
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University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
Pritzker School of Medicine
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| employer |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Yale School of Medicine ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Alpern ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
internal medicine
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medical education ⓘ nephrology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
medicine
ⓘ
physiology ⓘ |
| hasRole |
academic leader
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medical educator ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Society for Clinical Investigation
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American Society of Nephrology ⓘ Association of American Physicians ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Yale School of Medicine
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research in renal physiology ⓘ |
| occupation |
medical school dean
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nephrologist ⓘ physician ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Nephrology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Dean of Yale School of Medicine ⓘ Ensign Professor of Medicine at Yale University ⓘ Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
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: Robert J. Alpern Description of subject: Robert J. Alpern is an American nephrologist and academic leader best known for serving as dean of the Yale School of Medicine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.