Kesten
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Kesten is a surname most notably associated with Harry Kesten, a prominent mathematician known for his work in probability theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kesten canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10076731 — 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: Kesten Context triple: [Harry Kesten, familyName, Kesten]
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A.
Kedzie
Kedzie is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station on the Pink Line serving the city's West Side.
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B.
Kedzie
Kedzie is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the Brown Line serving the city's Northwest Side.
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C.
Kiesen
Kiesen is a municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, served by a station on the Bern–Thun railway line.
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D.
Elke
Elke is a feminine given name of German origin commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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E.
Kockasti
Kockasti is the popular nickname of the Croatia men's national basketball team, referencing the iconic red-and-white checkered pattern associated with Croatian sports.
- 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: Kesten Target entity description: Kesten is a surname most notably associated with Harry Kesten, a prominent mathematician known for his work in probability theory.
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A.
Kedzie
Kedzie is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station on the Pink Line serving the city's West Side.
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B.
Kedzie
Kedzie is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the Brown Line serving the city's Northwest Side.
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C.
Kiesen
Kiesen is a municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, served by a station on the Bern–Thun railway line.
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D.
Elke
Elke is a feminine given name of German origin commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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E.
Kockasti
Kockasti is the popular nickname of the Croatia men's national basketball team, referencing the iconic red-and-white checkered pattern associated with Croatian sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| areaOfResearch |
branching processes
ⓘ
percolation ⓘ random graphs ⓘ random walks ⓘ |
| category |
German-language surnames
ⓘ
Yiddish-language surnames ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Netherlands
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | Cornell University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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probability theory ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Harry Kesten ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Kesten ⓘ |
| knownFor | work in probability theory ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kesten–Stigum theorem
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Kesten’s theorem in random walks on groups ⓘ
linked to:
Kesten’s theorem on random walks on groups
results on percolation theory ⓘ results on random walks on graphs ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| usedAs | last name ⓘ |
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: Kesten Description of subject: Kesten is a surname most notably associated with Harry Kesten, a prominent mathematician known for his work in probability theory.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.