Robert Griesemer
E96224
Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Griesemer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815782 — 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: Robert Griesemer Context triple: [Go, designedBy, Robert Griesemer]
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A.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
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B.
Michael Hillegas
Michael Hillegas was an American merchant and statesman who served as the first Treasurer of the United States during the Revolutionary era.
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C.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
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D.
Tobias Nipkow
Tobias Nipkow is a German computer scientist known for his influential work in interactive theorem proving and formal verification, particularly through his contributions to the Isabelle proof assistant.
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E.
Matthew Garrett
Matthew Garrett is a prominent free software developer and security expert known for his influential work on Linux, firmware, and secure boot technologies.
- 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: Robert Griesemer Target entity description: Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
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A.
Andrew G. Myers
Andrew G. Myers is an American organic chemist renowned for his contributions to complex molecule synthesis and medicinal chemistry.
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B.
Michael Hillegas
Michael Hillegas was an American merchant and statesman who served as the first Treasurer of the United States during the Revolutionary era.
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C.
Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan I. Schwartz is an American technology executive best known for serving as the CEO of Sun Microsystems during the mid-2000s.
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D.
Tobias Nipkow
Tobias Nipkow is a German computer scientist known for his influential work in interactive theorem proving and formal verification, particularly through his contributions to the Isabelle proof assistant.
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E.
Matthew Garrett
Matthew Garrett is a prominent free software developer and security expert known for his influential work on Linux, firmware, and secure boot technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
ⓘ
person ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| affiliation | Google ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise |
compiler design
ⓘ
systems programming ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coDesignedWith |
Ken Thompson
ⓘ
Rob Pike ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| developedFor | Google ⓘ |
| employer | Google ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
programming languages
ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEmployer | Google ⓘ |
| hasGivenTalkOn |
Go programming language
ⓘ
linked to:
Go
compiler implementation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Go programming language
ⓘ
linked to:
Go
design of programming languages ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Go compiler
ⓘ
linked to:
gc (Go compiler)
|
| notableWork |
Go programming language
ⓘ
linked to:
Go
|
| occupation |
programming language designer
ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ |
| roleInGo |
language architect
ⓘ
principal designer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Mountain View, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain View, California, United States
|
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: Robert Griesemer Description of subject: Robert Griesemer is a Swiss software engineer best known as one of the principal designers of the Go programming language at Google.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.