Scott Dodelson
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Scott Dodelson is a prominent theoretical cosmologist known for his work on dark matter, cosmic microwave background radiation, and large-scale structure of the universe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scott Dodelson canonical | 2 |
| Craig J. Hogan | 1 |
| Marc Kamionkowski | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11505382 — 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: Scott Dodelson Context triple: [Princeton University Observatory, hasNotableMember, Scott Dodelson]
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Trevor Lissauer
Trevor Lissauer is an American actor and musician best known for playing Miles Goodman on the television series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."
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Kevin Bewersdorf
Kevin Bewersdorf is an American artist, musician, and actor associated with the early mumblecore film movement and known for his work in experimental cinema and internet art.
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E. Bennett Walsh
E. Bennett Walsh is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood and international productions, including collaborations with prominent directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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D.
David Vonderhaar
David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
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Steven Weisberg
Steven Weisberg was an American film editor known for his work on major studio features including Alfonso Cuarón’s films such as A Little Princess and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- 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: Scott Dodelson Target entity description: Scott Dodelson is a prominent theoretical cosmologist known for his work on dark matter, cosmic microwave background radiation, and large-scale structure of the universe.
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A.
Trevor Lissauer
Trevor Lissauer is an American actor and musician best known for playing Miles Goodman on the television series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."
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B.
Kevin Bewersdorf
Kevin Bewersdorf is an American artist, musician, and actor associated with the early mumblecore film movement and known for his work in experimental cinema and internet art.
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C.
E. Bennett Walsh
E. Bennett Walsh is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood and international productions, including collaborations with prominent directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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D.
David Vonderhaar
David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
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E.
Steven Weisberg
Steven Weisberg was an American film editor known for his work on major studio features including Alfonso Cuarón’s films such as A Little Princess and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmologist
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person ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical cosmologist ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author
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professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
modern cosmology
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particle physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring a standard cosmology textbook
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cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ cosmological parameter estimation ⓘ dark matter research ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ weak gravitational lensing ⓘ work on cosmological perturbation theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research on dark matter phenomenology
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research on large-scale structure surveys ⓘ research on the cosmic microwave background ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cosmic microwave background anisotropies
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dark energy ⓘ gravitational lensing ⓘ precision cosmology ⓘ structure formation in the universe ⓘ |
| studies |
cosmological implications of particle physics
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evolution of the universe ⓘ origin of cosmic structure ⓘ properties of dark matter ⓘ |
| worksOn |
data analysis for cosmological surveys
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interpretation of cosmological observations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Scott Dodelson Description of subject: Scott Dodelson is a prominent theoretical cosmologist known for his work on dark matter, cosmic microwave background radiation, and large-scale structure of the universe.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.