Thomas N. Margulis
E64619
Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas N. Margulis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81814 — 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: Thomas N. Margulis Context triple: [Lynn Margulis, spouse, Thomas N. Margulis]
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A.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
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B.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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C.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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D.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology 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: Thomas N. Margulis Target entity description: Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
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A.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
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B.
Alan M. Garber
Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
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C.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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D.
Philip M. Kaiser
Philip M. Kaiser was an American diplomat and public servant who held several key ambassadorial posts during the Cold War era.
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E.
Patrick E. Haggerty
Patrick E. Haggerty was an American engineer and business executive who played a pivotal role in the early semiconductor industry and the growth of Texas Instruments into a major technology company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (3)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lynn Margulis
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Thomas N. Margulis ⓘ |
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: Thomas N. Margulis Description of subject: Thomas N. Margulis is known primarily as the former husband of renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.