Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania
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The Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania is a distinguished endowed faculty position held by computer scientist Norman I. Badler, known for his pioneering work in computer graphics, human modeling, and animation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7527411 — 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: Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania Context triple: [Norman I. Badler, positionHeld, Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania]
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Computer and Information Science Department, University of Pennsylvania
The Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania is a leading academic unit known for its research and education in computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields within the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
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Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
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Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
The Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University is a core academic unit renowned for pioneering research and education in computer science within CMU’s School of Computer Science.
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Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech
The Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech is a prestigious endowed faculty position in the College of Computing, held by leading researchers in the field such as theoretical computer scientist Richard Lipton.
- 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: Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania Target entity description: The Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania is a distinguished endowed faculty position held by computer scientist Norman I. Badler, known for his pioneering work in computer graphics, human modeling, and animation.
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Computer and Information Science Department, University of Pennsylvania
The Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania is a leading academic unit known for its research and education in computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields within the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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B.
Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s computer science department, historically held by influential computer scientist Fred Brooks.
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C.
Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science
The Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Stanford University’s Computer Science Department, held by leading scholars such as database theorist Jeffrey D. Ullman.
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D.
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
The Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University is a core academic unit renowned for pioneering research and education in computer science within CMU’s School of Computer Science.
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E.
Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech
The Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing at Georgia Tech is a prestigious endowed faculty position in the College of Computing, held by leading researchers in the field such as theoretical computer scientist Richard Lipton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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endowed professorship ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | Computer and Information Science ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employer |
University of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| field |
computer animation
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computer animation ⓘ computer graphics ⓘ computer graphics ⓘ computer science ⓘ human modeling ⓘ human modeling ⓘ |
| holder | Norman I. Badler ⓘ |
| isProfessorshipAt | School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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linked to:
Philadelphia
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| namedAfter | Rachleff family ⓘ |
| partOf | Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
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: Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania Description of subject: The Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania is a distinguished endowed faculty position held by computer scientist Norman I. Badler, known for his pioneering work in computer graphics, human modeling, and animation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Norman I. Badler
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positionHeld
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Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania
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Norman I. Badler
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positionHeld
→
Rachleff Family Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania
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