Paul A. Marks
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cancer researcher
human
medical researcher
medical school dean
physician-scientist
science policy advisor
university administrator
Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul A. Marks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3091098 — 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: Paul A. Marks Context triple: [Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science, notableRecipient, Paul A. Marks]
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Ira S. Haseltine
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Michael A. Gottlieb
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C.
Robert C. Post
Robert C. Post is a prominent American legal scholar and constitutional law expert who has served as a professor and former dean of Yale Law School.
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D.
Kenneth W. Hess
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E.
James D. Stern
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- 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: Paul A. Marks Target entity description: Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
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A.
Ira S. Haseltine
Ira S. Haseltine was an American politician and early settler known for his role in establishing the community of Richland Center, Wisconsin.
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B.
Michael A. Gottlieb
Michael A. Gottlieb is a physicist and editor known for his work on Richard Feynman–related educational materials, including co-editing "Feynman’s Tips on Physics."
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C.
Robert C. Post
Robert C. Post is a prominent American legal scholar and constitutional law expert who has served as a professor and former dean of Yale Law School.
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D.
Kenneth W. Hess
Kenneth W. Hess is an aerospace and safety expert who served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board that examined the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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E.
James D. Stern
James D. Stern is an American film producer and director known for backing a range of acclaimed independent and genre films, as well as documentaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cancer researcher
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human ⓘ medical researcher ⓘ medical school dean ⓘ physician-scientist ⓘ science policy advisor ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| academicDegree | MD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Cancer Society Medal of Honor
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General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Prize ⓘ James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ⓘ |
| familyName | Marks ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biomedical research administration
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cancer genetics ⓘ epigenetics ⓘ medical education ⓘ oncology ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of targeted cancer therapies
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national cancer research policy in the United States ⓘ translation of basic cancer genetics into clinical practice ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Society for Clinical Investigation ⓘ Association of American Physicians ⓘ National Academy of Medicine ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping shape modern cancer genetics and therapy
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leadership of a major comprehensive cancer center ⓘ |
| notableWork |
autobiographical book "On the Cancer Frontier: One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution"
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contributions to understanding epigenetic regulation in cancer ⓘ leadership in developing modern cancer genetics and therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ⓘ pioneering research on histone deacetylase inhibitors ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the President’s Cancer Panel
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chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ⓘ dean of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons ⓘ member of the President’s Cancer Panel ⓘ president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ⓘ vice president for medical sciences at Columbia University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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: Paul A. Marks Description of subject: Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.