Adam Grant
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Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, bestselling author, and Wharton professor known for his research on work, motivation, and generosity in professional life.
All labels observed (1)
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| Adam Grant canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2977362 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Grant Context triple: [Sheryl Sandberg, coAuthor, Adam Grant]
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Luke Nosek
Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as one of the co-founders of PayPal and a member of the original "PayPal Mafia."
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B.
Ed Diener
Ed Diener was a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness, earning him the nickname "Dr. Happiness" and making him a central figure in the field of positive psychology.
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C.
Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist and author best known for her research on grit and self-control and for popularizing the idea that perseverance and passion are key drivers of success.
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Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychologist and researcher best known for her pioneering work on happiness and well-being within the field of positive psychology.
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E.
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adam Grant Target entity description: Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, bestselling author, and Wharton professor known for his research on work, motivation, and generosity in professional life.
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A.
Luke Nosek
Luke Nosek is a Polish-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as one of the co-founders of PayPal and a member of the original "PayPal Mafia."
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B.
Ed Diener
Ed Diener was a pioneering psychologist renowned for his research on subjective well-being and happiness, earning him the nickname "Dr. Happiness" and making him a central figure in the field of positive psychology.
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C.
Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist and author best known for her research on grit and self-control and for popularizing the idea that perseverance and passion are key drivers of success.
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D.
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky is a psychologist and researcher best known for her pioneering work on happiness and well-being within the field of positive psychology.
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E.
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ organizational psychologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | bestselling author status on The New York Times list ⓘ |
| citizenOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Option B ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Sheryl Sandberg ⓘ |
| employer | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
motivation
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organizational behavior ⓘ organizational psychology ⓘ prosocial behavior ⓘ work psychology ⓘ |
| genre |
business literature
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non-fiction ⓘ self-help ⓘ |
| givenName | Adam ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialty |
industrial and organizational psychology
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organizational behavior ⓘ |
| influencedBy | research traditions in social psychology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popularizing organizational psychology for general audiences
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research on generosity at work ⓘ research on giving and taking in professional life ⓘ research on motivation in organizations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Adam Grant ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Give and Take
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Hidden Potential ⓘ Option B ⓘ Originals ⓘ Think Again ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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organizational psychologist ⓘ professor of management ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Wharton School ⓘ |
| workLocation | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
creativity
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leadership ⓘ management ⓘ originality ⓘ personal growth ⓘ resilience ⓘ work culture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Adam Grant Description of subject: Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, bestselling author, and Wharton professor known for his research on work, motivation, and generosity in professional life.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.