David Wishart
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David Wishart was a British statistician best known for introducing the Wishart distribution, a fundamental probability distribution in multivariate statistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Wishart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15541063 — 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: David Wishart Context triple: [Wishart distribution, namedAfter, David Wishart]
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A.
David Wishart
David Wishart is a Scottish crime novelist best known for his historical mystery series featuring the Roman investigator Marcus Corvinus.
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B.
David Heneker
David Heneker was a British songwriter and composer best known for his work in West End musical theatre, including hits like "Half a Sixpence" and "Charlie Girl."
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C.
ウォルター・ギルバート
ウォルター・ギルバートは、DNA塩基配列決定法の開発などで知られるアメリカの分子生物学者・生化学者であり、ノーベル化学賞を受賞した人物である。
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D.
Robert L. Crippen
Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
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E.
David Oxtoby
David Oxtoby is a British pop artist known for his vibrant, music-inspired paintings and contributions to the Pop Art movement in the 1960s.
- 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: David Wishart Target entity description: David Wishart was a British statistician best known for introducing the Wishart distribution, a fundamental probability distribution in multivariate statistics.
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A.
David Wishart
David Wishart is a Scottish crime novelist best known for his historical mystery series featuring the Roman investigator Marcus Corvinus.
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B.
David Heneker
David Heneker was a British songwriter and composer best known for his work in West End musical theatre, including hits like "Half a Sixpence" and "Charlie Girl."
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C.
ウォルター・ギルバート
ウォルター・ギルバートは、DNA塩基配列決定法の開発などで知られるアメリカの分子生物学者・生化学者であり、ノーベル化学賞を受賞した人物である。
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D.
Robert L. Crippen
Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.
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E.
David Oxtoby
David Oxtoby is a British pop artist known for his vibrant, music-inspired paintings and contributions to the Pop Art movement in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wishart distribution