Harold Urey
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Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harold Urey canonical | 11 |
| Harold C. Urey | 6 |
| H. C. Urey | 1 |
| Harold Urey was a Nobel Prize–winning chemist | 1 |
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Harold C. Urey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286491 — 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: Harold Urey Context triple: [Met Lab, employed, Harold Urey]
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James Franck
James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
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I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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Robert H. Planck
Robert H. Planck was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Harold Urey Target entity description: Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
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A.
James Franck
James Franck was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for the Franck–Hertz experiment and his later work on the Manhattan Project in the United States.
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B.
I. I. Rabi
I. I. Rabi was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and contributions to quantum physics.
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C.
Edward Levi
Edward Levi was an American legal scholar and former president of the University of Chicago who served as U.S. Attorney General, where he is credited with restoring integrity to the Justice Department after the Watergate scandal.
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D.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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E.
Robert H. Planck
Robert H. Planck was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harold Urey Description of subject: Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
Referenced by (20)
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Walkerton, Indiana, United States
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Walkerton, Indiana, United States
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Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Harold C. Urey
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linked to: Harold Urey