Richard E. Taylor
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Richard E. Taylor was a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering deep inelastic scattering experiments at SLAC that provided key evidence for the quark model of subatomic particles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard E. Taylor canonical | 2 |
| Richard Taylor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1401582 — 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: Richard E. Taylor Context triple: [Jerome Friedman, sharedNobelPrizeWith, Richard E. Taylor]
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James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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C.
John H. Schwarz
John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
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D.
Daniel C. Drucker
Daniel C. Drucker was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to plasticity theory and solid mechanics.
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E.
Erdman Penner
Erdman Penner was a Canadian-born screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Richard E. Taylor Target entity description: Richard E. Taylor was a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering deep inelastic scattering experiments at SLAC that provided key evidence for the quark model of subatomic particles.
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A.
James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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B.
Richard Lipton
Richard Lipton is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in theoretical computer science and cryptography, including contributions to complexity theory and algorithm design.
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C.
John H. Schwarz
John H. Schwarz is an American theoretical physicist best known as one of the founders of superstring theory and a pioneer in the development of string theory as a candidate for a unified theory of fundamental forces.
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D.
Daniel C. Drucker
Daniel C. Drucker was a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician known for his influential contributions to plasticity theory and solid mechanics.
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E.
Erdman Penner
Erdman Penner was a Canadian-born screenwriter and story artist best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
ⓘ
experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
ⓘ
Stanford University Department of Physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physics 1990
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| citizenship | Canadian ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
establishment of quarks as physical constituents of nucleons
ⓘ
parton model confirmation ⓘ |
| coRecipientOf |
Nobel Prize in Physics
ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physics with Henry W. Kendall
Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome I. Friedman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-11-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-02-22 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Robert Hofstadter ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent |
Henry Way Kendall
ⓘ
surface form:
Henry W. Kendall
Jerome Friedman ⓘ
surface form:
Jerome I. Friedman
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| educatedAt |
Stanford University
ⓘ
University of Alberta ⓘ |
| employer |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental physics
ⓘ
high-energy physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deep inelastic scattering experiments
ⓘ
experiments at SLAC ⓘ providing evidence for the quark model ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
ⓘ
surface form:
SLAC experimental group
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| notableAchievement | high-energy electron scattering off nucleons ⓘ |
| notableExperiment | SLAC deep inelastic scattering experiments on protons and neutrons ⓘ |
| notableWork | deep inelastic electron–proton scattering ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Medicine Hat
ⓘ
surface form:
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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| placeOfDeath |
Stanford, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford, California, United States
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| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| thesisTopic | electron scattering and nuclear structure ⓘ |
| workLocation | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ |
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Subject: Richard E. Taylor Description of subject: Richard E. Taylor was a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering deep inelastic scattering experiments at SLAC that provided key evidence for the quark model of subatomic particles.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Richard Taylor