Rajeev Motwani
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Rajeev Motwani was an influential Indian-American computer scientist known for his contributions to theoretical computer science, algorithms, and his mentorship in Silicon Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rajeev Motwani canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12797418 — 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: Rajeev Motwani Context triple: [Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, author, Rajeev Motwani]
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A.
Rakesh Agrawal
Rakesh Agrawal is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational contributions to data mining and database systems.
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B.
Raghu Ramakrishnan
Raghu Ramakrishnan is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in database systems and data mining, including contributions to query optimization and scalable data analysis.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
S. Rao Kosaraju
S. Rao Kosaraju is a computer scientist known for his contributions to algorithm design and graph theory, including early work on strongly connected components algorithms.
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E.
Charu C. Aggarwal
Charu C. Aggarwal is a prominent computer scientist and researcher known for his influential contributions to data mining, machine learning, and high-dimensional data analysis.
- 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: Rajeev Motwani Target entity description: Rajeev Motwani was an influential Indian-American computer scientist known for his contributions to theoretical computer science, algorithms, and his mentorship in Silicon Valley.
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A.
Rakesh Agrawal
Rakesh Agrawal is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational contributions to data mining and database systems.
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B.
Raghu Ramakrishnan
Raghu Ramakrishnan is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in database systems and data mining, including contributions to query optimization and scalable data analysis.
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C.
Jeffrey D. Ullman
Jeffrey D. Ullman is a prominent American computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to database theory, algorithms, and formal languages, and for coauthoring several classic textbooks in computer science.
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D.
S. Rao Kosaraju
S. Rao Kosaraju is a computer scientist known for his contributions to algorithm design and graph theory, including early work on strongly connected components algorithms.
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E.
Charu C. Aggarwal
Charu C. Aggarwal is a prominent computer scientist and researcher known for his influential contributions to data mining, machine learning, and high-dimensional data analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science
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PhD in Computer Science ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Larry Page
NERFINISHED
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Sergey Brin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOf | Randomized Algorithms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gödel Prize
NERFINISHED
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National Young Investigator Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Sloan Research Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | drowning ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coAuthorOf | Randomized Algorithms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Prabhakar Raghavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-06-05 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Richard Karp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Motwani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algorithms
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complexity theory ⓘ computer science ⓘ data mining ⓘ graph theory ⓘ randomized algorithms ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| givenName | Rajeev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Indian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Google
NERFINISHED
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Silicon Valley startup ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early mentorship of Google founders
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mentoring Silicon Valley entrepreneurs ⓘ work on approximation algorithms ⓘ work on computational complexity ⓘ work on randomized algorithms ⓘ |
| memberOf | Stanford Computer Science faculty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Rajeev Motwani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian-American ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneurial mentor
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professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jammu, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Atherton, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Atherton, California
NERFINISHED
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Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Asha Jadeja Motwani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Stanford University Department of Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Rajeev Motwani Description of subject: Rajeev Motwani was an influential Indian-American computer scientist known for his contributions to theoretical computer science, algorithms, and his mentorship in Silicon Valley.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation