Albert Lord
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Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albert Lord canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757337 — 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: Albert Lord Context triple: [Homeric question, studiedBy, Albert Lord]
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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C.
Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh was an American linguist best known for pioneering lexicostatistics and glottochronology, methods for studying language classification and historical relationships through core vocabulary comparison.
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D.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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E.
Joseph A. Campbell
Joseph A. Campbell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the company that became the Campbell Soup Company.
- 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: Albert Lord Target entity description: Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
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A.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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C.
Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh was an American linguist best known for pioneering lexicostatistics and glottochronology, methods for studying language classification and historical relationships through core vocabulary comparison.
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D.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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E.
Joseph A. Campbell
Joseph A. Campbell was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the company that became the Campbell Soup Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scholar
ⓘ
human ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Balkan studies
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Homeric scholarship ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Milman Parry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Homeric studies
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classical studies ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
folklore studies
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
classics
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ |
| influenced |
Homeric scholarship
ⓘ
folkloristics ⓘ oral tradition studies ⓘ performance studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Milman Parry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
research on Homeric epics
ⓘ
study of composition and transmission of epic poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Singer of Tales ⓘ |
| occupation |
folklorist
ⓘ
literary scholar ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor at Harvard University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
oral composition of epic poetry
ⓘ
performance of epic singers ⓘ transmission of oral narratives ⓘ |
| studied |
Homeric epics
ⓘ
Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
Odyssey ⓘ South Slavic oral epic tradition ⓘ oral-formulaic composition ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | oral-formulaic theory of epic composition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Albert Lord Description of subject: Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.