Eric S. Roberts
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Eric S. Roberts is a prominent computer scientist and educator known for his influential work in computer science pedagogy, curriculum development, and widely used textbooks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric L. Roberts | 1 |
| Eric S. Roberts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10818240 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric S. Roberts Context triple: [ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education, notableRecipient, Eric S. Roberts]
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Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
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B.
Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty was an acclaimed American character actor known for his powerful supporting roles in films such as "Deliverance," "Network," and "Superman."
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C.
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin is an American actor and director known for his work in television series such as "Chicago Hope" and "Northern Exposure," as well as numerous film and stage roles.
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D.
Robert Olivo
Robert Olivo, better known by his stage name Ondine, was an American actor and prominent member of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene in the 1960s underground film and art world.
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E.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
- 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: Eric S. Roberts Target entity description: Eric S. Roberts is a prominent computer scientist and educator known for his influential work in computer science pedagogy, curriculum development, and widely used textbooks.
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A.
Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts is an American actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an iconic turn as the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.
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B.
Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty was an acclaimed American character actor known for his powerful supporting roles in films such as "Deliverance," "Network," and "Superman."
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C.
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin is an American actor and director known for his work in television series such as "Chicago Hope" and "Northern Exposure," as well as numerous film and stage roles.
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D.
Robert Olivo
Robert Olivo, better known by his stage name Ondine, was an American actor and prominent member of Andy Warhol’s Factory scene in the 1960s underground film and art world.
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E.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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computer scientist ⓘ educator ⓘ |
| affiliation | Stanford University ⓘ |
| areaOfWork |
CS curriculum design
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data structures education ⓘ introductory programming ⓘ |
| contribution |
advocacy for high-quality undergraduate CS education
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development of model curricula for computer science ⓘ shaping introductory programming pedagogy ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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computer science education ⓘ |
| hasNotability |
influential voice in CS curriculum debates
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widely used CS textbooks in universities ⓘ |
| influenced | teaching practices in university CS departments ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CS1 and CS2 course design
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computer science pedagogy ⓘ curriculum development in computer science ⓘ introductory computer science textbooks ⓘ leadership in ACM education initiatives ⓘ |
| languageOfTextbooks |
C
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C++ ⓘ Java ⓘ |
| memberOf | Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Programming Abstractions in C
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Textbooks on introductory programming ⓘ The Art and Science of C ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor of computer science
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textbook author ⓘ |
| role | leader in computer science education community ⓘ |
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: Eric S. Roberts Description of subject: Eric S. Roberts is a prominent computer scientist and educator known for his influential work in computer science pedagogy, curriculum development, and widely used textbooks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eric S. Roberts