Tomlinson
E132484
Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomlinson canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1155294 — 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: Tomlinson Context triple: [Ray Tomlinson, familyName, Tomlinson]
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A.
Graham
Graham is a masculine given name of English origin, historically derived from a surname and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Graham
Graham is the surname of Elizabeth Arden, the pioneering Canadian-American businesswoman who founded the iconic Elizabeth Arden cosmetics empire.
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C.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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D.
Robertson
Robertson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
- 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: Tomlinson Target entity description: Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
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A.
Graham
Graham is a masculine given name of English origin, historically derived from a surname and commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Graham
Graham is the surname of Elizabeth Arden, the pioneering Canadian-American businesswoman who founded the iconic Elizabeth Arden cosmetics empire.
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C.
Tucker
Tucker is a surname most notably associated with Albert W. Tucker, a Canadian-American mathematician and game theorist known for his contributions to topology and the formalization of the prisoner's dilemma.
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D.
Robertson
Robertson is a common Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer programmer
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ software engineer ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-04-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-05 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | given name Thomas ⓘ |
| developedOn | ARPANET ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| employer | Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Tomlinson self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Raymond ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Ray Tomlinson ⓘ |
| introducedSymbolUsage | @ in email addressing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
implementing the first email program on ARPANET
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introducing the @ symbol in email addresses ⓘ inventing networked email ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| meaning | son of Tom ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
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engineer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Amsterdam, New York
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surface form:
Amsterdam, New York, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Lincoln, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
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| usedSymbol | @ ⓘ |
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: Tomlinson Description of subject: Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ray Tomlinson
subject surface form:
Ray Tomlinson
subject surface form:
Marjorie Main