David F. Rogers
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David F. Rogers is a computer scientist and pioneer in computer-aided geometric design and graphics, recognized for his influential textbooks and contributions to the field.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David F. Rogers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7421064 — 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: David F. Rogers Context triple: [Steven A. Coons Award, hasRecipient, David F. Rogers]
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A.
Stephen K. Robinson
Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
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B.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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C.
Douglas L. Meyer
Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
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D.
Donald R. Seawell
Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
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E.
Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
- 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: David F. Rogers Target entity description: David F. Rogers is a computer scientist and pioneer in computer-aided geometric design and graphics, recognized for his influential textbooks and contributions to the field.
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A.
Stephen K. Robinson
Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
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B.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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C.
Douglas L. Meyer
Douglas L. Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the hit 2001 Broadway musical "The Producers."
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D.
Donald R. Seawell
Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
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E.
Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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pioneer in computer graphics ⓘ pioneer in computer-aided geometric design ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of computer graphics education
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development of computer-aided geometric design ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer graphics
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computer-aided design ⓘ computer-aided geometric design ⓘ |
| genre | technical textbook ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
applied mathematics
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computer science ⓘ |
| hasRole |
educator
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researcher ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer graphics curriculum
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education in computer-aided geometric design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential textbooks in computer graphics
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influential textbooks in computer-aided geometric design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Introduction to NURBS: With Historical Perspective
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Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor of computer science
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textbook author ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines)
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linked to:
B-splines
curve and surface modeling ⓘ mathematical foundations of computer graphics ⓘ |
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: David F. Rogers Description of subject: David F. Rogers is a computer scientist and pioneer in computer-aided geometric design and graphics, recognized for his influential textbooks and contributions to the field.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.