Alistair Cockburn
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Alistair Cockburn is a software development expert and one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, known for his work on agile methodologies and use-case driven development.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alistair Cockburn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6231520 — 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: Alistair Cockburn Context triple: [Agile Manifesto, author, Alistair Cockburn]
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A.
Martin Fowler
Martin Fowler is a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on software design, refactoring, and agile methodologies.
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Robert C. Martin
Robert C. Martin, often known as "Uncle Bob," is a prominent software engineer, author, and speaker recognized for his influential work on agile development principles and software craftsmanship.
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C.
Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
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D.
Michael Feathers
Michael Feathers is a software engineer, consultant, and author known for his influential work on legacy code, refactoring, and improving software design and maintainability.
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E.
Grady Booch
Grady Booch is an American software engineer and author best known as a co-developer of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alistair Cockburn Target entity description: Alistair Cockburn is a software development expert and one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, known for his work on agile methodologies and use-case driven development.
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A.
Martin Fowler
Martin Fowler is a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on software design, refactoring, and agile methodologies.
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B.
Robert C. Martin
Robert C. Martin, often known as "Uncle Bob," is a prominent software engineer, author, and speaker recognized for his influential work on agile development principles and software craftsmanship.
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C.
Richard P. Gabriel
Richard P. Gabriel is a computer scientist and writer best known for his work on Lisp, software patterns, and his influential essay "Worse Is Better."
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D.
Michael Feathers
Michael Feathers is a software engineer, consultant, and author known for his influential work on legacy code, refactoring, and improving software design and maintainability.
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E.
Grady Booch
Grady Booch is an American software engineer and author best known as a co-developer of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and a pioneer in object-oriented design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Agile Manifesto signatory
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person ⓘ software development expert ⓘ |
| approachEmphasizes |
collaboration
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communication ⓘ frequent delivery ⓘ reflective improvement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Agile Alliance
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Crystal methodologies ⓘ International Consortium for Agile ⓘ |
| bookTopic |
agile software development
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project management ⓘ use cases ⓘ |
| coFounded |
IC Agile
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International Consortium for Agile ⓘ |
| contributedTo | definition of agile principles ⓘ |
| developed |
Crystal Clear
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Crystal family of methodologies ⓘ |
| educationFocus | computer science ⓘ |
| field |
software development methodologies
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software engineering ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
lightweight methodologies
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people-centric software development ⓘ use cases ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game
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Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams ⓘ Surviving Object-Oriented Projects ⓘ Writing Effective Use Cases ⓘ |
| influenced | agile software development movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | object-oriented analysis and design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Crystal Clear methodology
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Crystal family of agile methodologies ⓘ agile software development ⓘ being an original signatory of the Agile Manifesto ⓘ use-case driven development ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Alistair Cockburn ⓘ |
| nationality | British-American ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
methodology tailoring based on project size and criticality
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software development as a cooperative game ⓘ |
| occupation |
consultant
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lecturer ⓘ methodologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| promotes |
close customer collaboration
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face-to-face communication ⓘ incremental delivery ⓘ iterative development ⓘ |
| signed | Agile Manifesto ⓘ |
| signedYear | 2001 ⓘ |
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: Alistair Cockburn Description of subject: Alistair Cockburn is a software development expert and one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto, known for his work on agile methodologies and use-case driven development.
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