Jeffrey Friedman
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Jeffrey Friedman is an American molecular geneticist best known for co-discovering the hormone leptin and elucidating its role in regulating body weight and obesity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeffrey Friedman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6952365 — 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: Jeffrey Friedman Context triple: [Friedman, hasNotableBearer, Jeffrey Friedman]
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A.
Stephen J. Friedman
Stephen J. Friedman was an American film producer and studio executive known for producing notable Hollywood films from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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B.
Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of the wearable fitness technology company Fitbit.
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C.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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D.
Jeffrey Weiner
Jeffrey Weiner is a film producer best known for his work on major action-thriller franchises, including serving as a producer on "The Bourne Legacy."
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E.
Michael Ehrlich
Michael Ehrlich is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake associated with the surname Ehrlich.
- 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: Jeffrey Friedman Target entity description: Jeffrey Friedman is an American molecular geneticist best known for co-discovering the hormone leptin and elucidating its role in regulating body weight and obesity.
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A.
Stephen J. Friedman
Stephen J. Friedman was an American film producer and studio executive known for producing notable Hollywood films from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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B.
Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief technology officer of the wearable fitness technology company Fitbit.
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C.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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D.
Jeffrey Weiner
Jeffrey Weiner is a film producer best known for his work on major action-thriller franchises, including serving as a producer on "The Bourne Legacy."
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E.
Michael Ehrlich
Michael Ehrlich is a relatively obscure individual whose primary public mention appears to be as a namesake associated with the surname Ehrlich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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molecular geneticist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Janssen Award in Metabolism ⓘ Keio Medical Science Prize ⓘ Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Albany Medical College
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ Rockefeller University ⓘ |
| employer | Rockefeller University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
endocrinology
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metabolism ⓘ molecular genetics ⓘ obesity research ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
adipose tissue as an endocrine organ
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energy homeostasis ⓘ leptin signaling pathways ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of leptin
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elucidating the role of leptin in obesity ⓘ research on regulation of body weight ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Medicine
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| notableStudent | research trainees in obesity genetics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
cloning of the leptin gene
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identification of the ob gene in mice ⓘ |
| occupation |
molecular geneticist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor at Rockefeller University ⓘ |
| studies |
genetic basis of obesity
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hormonal regulation of appetite ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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: Jeffrey Friedman Description of subject: Jeffrey Friedman is an American molecular geneticist best known for co-discovering the hormone leptin and elucidating its role in regulating body weight and obesity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.