M. Anne Ferguson-Smith
E461748
M. Anne Ferguson-Smith is a prominent British geneticist known for her pioneering work in epigenetics and genomic imprinting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| M. Anne Ferguson-Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4661878 — 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: M. Anne Ferguson-Smith Context triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, M. Anne Ferguson-Smith]
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A.
Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren was a pioneering British developmental biologist whose groundbreaking work in mammalian embryology helped lay the foundations for modern reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.
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B.
Fiona A. Harrison
Fiona A. Harrison is an American astrophysicist best known for leading high-energy X-ray astronomy missions and advancing our understanding of black holes, neutron stars, and other extreme cosmic phenomena.
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C.
Patricia Dainton
Patricia Dainton was a British film and television actress known for her roles in 1950s and 1960s thrillers and dramas.
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D.
Tania A. Baker
Tania A. Baker is an American molecular biologist and MIT professor known for her research on protein dynamics and for coauthoring influential molecular biology textbooks.
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E.
Elizabeth Holdridge
Elizabeth Holdridge was the wife of American novelist John Dos Passos and a significant companion during his later life and career.
- 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: M. Anne Ferguson-Smith Target entity description: M. Anne Ferguson-Smith is a prominent British geneticist known for her pioneering work in epigenetics and genomic imprinting.
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A.
Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren was a pioneering British developmental biologist whose groundbreaking work in mammalian embryology helped lay the foundations for modern reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.
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B.
Fiona A. Harrison
Fiona A. Harrison is an American astrophysicist best known for leading high-energy X-ray astronomy missions and advancing our understanding of black holes, neutron stars, and other extreme cosmic phenomena.
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C.
Patricia Dainton
Patricia Dainton was a British film and television actress known for her roles in 1950s and 1960s thrillers and dramas.
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D.
Tania A. Baker
Tania A. Baker is an American molecular biologist and MIT professor known for her research on protein dynamics and for coauthoring influential molecular biology textbooks.
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E.
Elizabeth Holdridge
Elizabeth Holdridge was the wife of American novelist John Dos Passos and a significant companion during his later life and career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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epigeneticist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
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linked to:
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Fellowship of the Royal Society ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| fieldOfWork |
epigenetics
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genetics ⓘ genomic imprinting ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
developmental biology
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molecular biology ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work in epigenetics
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pioneering work in genomic imprinting ⓘ |
| occupation | geneticist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge
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Professor of Genetics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| researchArea |
epigenetic changes in aging and disease
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epigenetic mechanisms in mammalian development ⓘ imprinted genes and their regulation ⓘ |
| workFocus |
epigenetic control in development
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epigenetic regulation of the genome ⓘ epigenetics of disease ⓘ mechanisms of genomic imprinting ⓘ parent-of-origin effects on gene expression ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: M. Anne Ferguson-Smith Description of subject: M. Anne Ferguson-Smith is a prominent British geneticist known for her pioneering work in epigenetics and genomic imprinting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.