Susan Greenfield
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Susan Greenfield is a British neuroscientist, author, and broadcaster known for her work on consciousness and the effects of technology on the brain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susan Greenfield canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3840371 — 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: Susan Greenfield Context triple: [Conversations on Consciousness, hasContributor, Susan Greenfield]
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A.
Susan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
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B.
Donna Toulmin
Donna Toulmin is known as the wife of British philosopher Stephen Toulmin, associated with his personal and academic life.
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C.
Joan E. Donoghue
Joan E. Donoghue is an American jurist and former judge of the International Court of Justice who served as its president, becoming one of the most prominent contemporary figures in international law.
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D.
Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner is a pioneering neuropsychologist whose groundbreaking research on memory and the brain, particularly through studies of patient H.M., helped establish the field of cognitive neuroscience.
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E.
Susan Bell Dennett
Susan Bell Dennett is the wife of American philosopher Daniel Dennett and a longtime partner in his personal and professional life.
- 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: Susan Greenfield Target entity description: Susan Greenfield is a British neuroscientist, author, and broadcaster known for her work on consciousness and the effects of technology on the brain.
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A.
Susan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore is a British psychologist, writer, and skeptic best known for her work on consciousness, memes, and the scientific investigation of paranormal claims.
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B.
Donna Toulmin
Donna Toulmin is known as the wife of British philosopher Stephen Toulmin, associated with his personal and academic life.
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C.
Joan E. Donoghue
Joan E. Donoghue is an American jurist and former judge of the International Court of Justice who served as its president, becoming one of the most prominent contemporary figures in international law.
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D.
Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner is a pioneering neuropsychologist whose groundbreaking research on memory and the brain, particularly through studies of patient H.M., helped establish the field of cognitive neuroscience.
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E.
Susan Bell Dennett
Susan Bell Dennett is the wife of American philosopher Daniel Dennett and a longtime partner in his personal and professional life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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broadcaster ⓘ human ⓘ life peer ⓘ neuroscientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| awardReceived | CBE ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| educatedAt |
St Hilda’s College, Oxford
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surface form:
St Hilda's College, Oxford
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Greenfield ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
consciousness studies
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effects of technology on the brain ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ |
| givenName | Susan ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
Alzheimer's disease
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Parkinson's disease ⓘ consciousness ⓘ impact of digital technologies on the brain ⓘ neurodegeneration ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Baroness ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | CBE ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
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House of Lords ⓘ
surface form:
House of Lords of the United Kingdom
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| name | Susan Greenfield self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
public lectures on neuroscience and society
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television presenting on science programmes ⓘ |
| notableRole | science communicator ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century
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Mind Change ⓘ The Private Life of the Brain ⓘ The Tomorrow People ⓘ
surface form:
Tomorrow's People
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| occupation |
author
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broadcaster ⓘ neuroscientist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | crossbencher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University
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Director of the Royal Institution ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford ⓘ |
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: Susan Greenfield Description of subject: Susan Greenfield is a British neuroscientist, author, and broadcaster known for her work on consciousness and the effects of technology on the brain.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.