Alan Perlis
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Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alan Perlis canonical | 6 |
| Alan J. Perlis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4566 — 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: Alan Perlis Context triple: [Turing Award, hasNotableRecipient, Alan Perlis]
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A.
J. C. R. Licklider
J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
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B.
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
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C.
John von Neumann
John von Neumann was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician and polymath whose foundational work in game theory, computer science, quantum mechanics, and economics profoundly shaped modern science and technology.
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D.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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E.
Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
- 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: Alan Perlis Target entity description: Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
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A.
J. C. R. Licklider
J. C. R. Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist whose visionary ideas about interactive computing and a globally networked system helped lay the conceptual foundations for the internet and modern human-computer interaction.
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B.
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
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C.
John von Neumann
John von Neumann was a pioneering 20th-century mathematician and polymath whose foundational work in game theory, computer science, quantum mechanics, and economics profoundly shaped modern science and technology.
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D.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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E.
Jerome Wiesner
Jerome Wiesner was an American engineer, science advisor to President John F. Kennedy, and influential MIT president known for his leadership in science policy and technology innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor's degree in chemistry
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PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM Distinguished Service Award
ⓘ
Turing Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-04-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-02-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
CMU
ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
CMU
ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Institute of Technology
CMU ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Mellon University
Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
surface form:
Institute for Advanced Study (as visiting researcher)
Purdue University ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Perlis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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numerical analysis ⓘ programming languages ⓘ |
| givenName | Alan ⓘ |
| influenced | development of academic computer science programs in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early numerical analysis and computing research of the 1940s and 1950s ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first recipient of the Turing Award
ⓘ
influential teaching in computer science ⓘ work on programming language design ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| notableAward | Turing Award ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Nico Habermann ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Epigrams on Programming
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contributions to ALGOL ⓘ contributions to compiler construction ⓘ pioneering work in programming languages ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
|
| positionHeld |
chair of the Computer Science Department at Yale University
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first chair of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ professor of computer science at Yale University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Haven, Connecticut
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surface form:
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alan Perlis Description of subject: Alan Perlis was an American computer scientist and educator renowned for his pioneering work in programming languages and for being the first recipient of the Turing Award.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alan J. Perlis
this entity surface form:
Alan J. Perlis