David M. Buss
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David M. Buss is an American psychologist renowned for his pioneering research and influential theories in evolutionary psychology, particularly on human mating strategies and sexual selection.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David M. Buss canonical | 14 |
| David M. Buss is an evolutionary psychologist | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T289450 — 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: David M. Buss Context triple: [evolutionary psychology, hasKeyFigure, David M. Buss]
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John Tooby
John Tooby is an American anthropologist and one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, known for his influential work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind and behavior.
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Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides is an American cognitive psychologist renowned for pioneering the field of evolutionary psychology, particularly through her work on the evolved architecture of the human mind and social reasoning.
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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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Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
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Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- 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: David M. Buss Target entity description: David M. Buss is an American psychologist renowned for his pioneering research and influential theories in evolutionary psychology, particularly on human mating strategies and sexual selection.
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A.
John Tooby
John Tooby is an American anthropologist and one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, known for his influential work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind and behavior.
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B.
Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides is an American cognitive psychologist renowned for pioneering the field of evolutionary psychology, particularly through her work on the evolved architecture of the human mind and social reasoning.
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C.
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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D.
Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist known for his influential writings on race, gender, and the biological basis of human behavior.
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E.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: David M. Buss Description of subject: David M. Buss is an American psychologist renowned for his pioneering research and influential theories in evolutionary psychology, particularly on human mating strategies and sexual selection.
Referenced by (15)
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David M. Buss is an evolutionary psychologist
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linked to: David M. Buss