Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne is an American evolutionary biologist and outspoken critic of religion, best known for his work on speciation and his popular science book "Why Evolution Is True."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry A. Coyne | 4 |
| Jerry Coyne canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805907 — 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: Jerry Coyne Context triple: [Richard Dawkins, influenced, Jerry Coyne]
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A.
P.Z. Myers
P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
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B.
Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
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C.
Ian Darwin
Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
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D.
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
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E.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
- 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: Jerry Coyne Target entity description: Jerry Coyne is an American evolutionary biologist and outspoken critic of religion, best known for his work on speciation and his popular science book "Why Evolution Is True."
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A.
P.Z. Myers
P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
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B.
Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
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C.
Ian Darwin
Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
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D.
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
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E.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atheist
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author ⓘ evolutionary biologist ⓘ human ⓘ science communicator ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| familyName | Coyne ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ science popularization ⓘ speciation ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | Jerry ⓘ |
| hasBlog | Why Evolution Is True ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
essays in popular media on evolution and religion
ⓘ
scientific papers on speciation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Darwin
ⓘ
Ernst Mayr ⓘ Theodosius Dobzhansky ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name |
Jerry A. Coyne
ⓘ
linked to:
Jerry Coyne
|
| notableFor |
criticism of religion
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public defense of evolutionary theory ⓘ work on speciation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Faith vs. Fact
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Speciation ⓘ Why Evolution Is True ⓘ |
| occupation |
evolutionary biologist
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Chicago ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| religiousView | atheism ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Drosophila evolution
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genetic basis of reproductive isolation ⓘ mechanisms of speciation ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
atheism
ⓘ
creationism and intelligent design ⓘ evolution ⓘ science and religion ⓘ |
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: Jerry Coyne Description of subject: Jerry Coyne is an American evolutionary biologist and outspoken critic of religion, best known for his work on speciation and his popular science book "Why Evolution Is True."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jerry Coyne
linked to: Jerry Coyne
linked to: Jerry Coyne
linked to: Jerry Coyne