Dennis Meadows
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Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dennis Meadows canonical | 3 |
| Dennis L. Meadows | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9111881 — 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: Dennis Meadows Context triple: [Club of Rome, hasKeyPerson, Dennis Meadows]
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A.
Lester R. Brown
Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
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B.
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
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C.
Robert Hirsch
Robert Hirsch was a prominent French actor known for his work in theatre, film, and television, particularly as a member of the Comédie-Française.
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D.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
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E.
Roy M. Anderson
Roy M. Anderson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential work on the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and public health policy.
- 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: Dennis Meadows Target entity description: Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
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A.
Lester R. Brown
Lester R. Brown is an American environmental analyst, author, and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, widely recognized for his influential work on global sustainability and resource issues.
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B.
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
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C.
Robert Hirsch
Robert Hirsch was a prominent French actor known for his work in theatre, film, and television, particularly as a member of the Comédie-Française.
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D.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
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E.
Roy M. Anderson
Roy M. Anderson is a British epidemiologist and professor known for his influential work on the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and public health policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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scientist ⓘ systems analyst ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
German Environmental Prize
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Japan Prize ⓘ Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Donella Meadows
ⓘ
Jørgen Randers ⓘ William W. Behrens III ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carleton College
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental studies
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global modeling ⓘ sustainability ⓘ systems dynamics ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasRole | lead author of The Limits to Growth ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jay Forrester ⓘ |
| knownFor |
World3 model
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systems dynamics modeling of world resources ⓘ work on global limits to growth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
global environmental change
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population dynamics ⓘ resource depletion ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ systems thinking ⓘ |
| memberOf | Club of Rome ⓘ |
| movement |
limits to growth movement
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linked to:
limits to growth
sustainability movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond the Limits
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update ⓘ The Limits to Growth ⓘ |
| occupation |
scientist
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systems analyst ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at University of New Hampshire
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director of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning at University of New Hampshire ⓘ faculty member at MIT (systems dynamics group) ⓘ professor at University of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Durham, New Hampshire
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Hanover, New Hampshire ⓘ |
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: Dennis Meadows Description of subject: Dennis Meadows is an American scientist and systems analyst best known as a lead author of the influential 1972 report "The Limits to Growth," which modeled global resource use and environmental constraints.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Club of Rome
subject linked to:
limits to growth
linked to: Dennis Meadows
linked to: Dennis Meadows