Henry F. Korth
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Henry F. Korth is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in database systems and co-authorship of a leading textbook in the field.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry F. Korth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1531881 — 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: Henry F. Korth Context triple: [Database System Concepts, hasAuthor, Henry F. Korth]
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A.
Edwin E. Witte
Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
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B.
Alan M. Gates
Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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C.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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D.
Robert F. Ritt
Robert F. Ritt was an American mathematician known for his foundational work in differential algebra and contributions to the theory of differential equations.
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E.
George A. Bermann
George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
- 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: Henry F. Korth Target entity description: Henry F. Korth is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in database systems and co-authorship of a leading textbook in the field.
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A.
Edwin E. Witte
Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
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B.
Alan M. Gates
Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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C.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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D.
Robert F. Ritt
Robert F. Ritt was an American mathematician known for his foundational work in differential algebra and contributions to the theory of differential equations.
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E.
George A. Bermann
George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Database System Concepts ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Abraham Silberschatz
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S. Sudarshan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer | Lehigh University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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concurrency control ⓘ database systems ⓘ transaction processing ⓘ |
| genre | academic textbook ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in computer science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicPositionAt | Lehigh University ⓘ |
| hasAcademicTitle | professor ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentAudience |
computer science graduate students
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computer science undergraduates ⓘ |
| hasPublishedIn |
concurrency control in databases
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database systems ⓘ distributed databases ⓘ |
| hasRole | textbook author ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
SQL and database languages
ⓘ
database design and normalization ⓘ distributed database systems ⓘ recovery and concurrency in databases ⓘ relational database systems ⓘ |
| influencedDomain |
database education
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database system design ⓘ |
| isCitedFor |
contributions to transaction management theory
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fundamental work in database systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
database theory contributions
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work on database systems ⓘ work on transaction management ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-authoring a leading database textbook ⓘ |
| notableWork | Database System Concepts ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
ⓘ
researcher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of computer science at Lehigh University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
database management systems
ⓘ
distributed systems ⓘ transaction processing in databases ⓘ |
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: Henry F. Korth Description of subject: Henry F. Korth is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in database systems and co-authorship of a leading textbook in the field.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.