Larmor
E402671
family name
human
mathematician
physical law
physical phenomenon
physical quantity
physicist
surname
theoretical physicist
Larmor is a surname most notably associated with Joseph Larmor, an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work in electromagnetism and the theory of the electron.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larmor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3945678 — 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: Larmor Context triple: [Joseph Larmor, familyName, Larmor]
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A.
Lorentz
Lorentz is a Dutch surname most famously associated with physicist Hendrik Lorentz, a pioneer of electromagnetic theory and relativity.
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B.
Lindemann
Lindemann is a German surname most notably associated with Ferdinand von Lindemann, the mathematician who proved that π is a transcendental number.
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C.
Uhlenbeck
Uhlenbeck is a surname most prominently associated with Karen Uhlenbeck, a pioneering American mathematician and the first woman to receive the Abel Prize.
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D.
Saffman
Saffman is a surname most notably associated with Philip G. Saffman, a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist.
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E.
Nernst–Lamp
The Nernst–Lamp is an early type of electric lamp that used a heated ceramic rod as a light-emitting element and played a significant role in the development of incandescent lighting technology.
- 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: Larmor Target entity description: Larmor is a surname most notably associated with Joseph Larmor, an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work in electromagnetism and the theory of the electron.
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A.
Lorentz
Lorentz is a Dutch surname most famously associated with physicist Hendrik Lorentz, a pioneer of electromagnetic theory and relativity.
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B.
Lindemann
Lindemann is a German surname most notably associated with Ferdinand von Lindemann, the mathematician who proved that π is a transcendental number.
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C.
Uhlenbeck
Uhlenbeck is a surname most prominently associated with Karen Uhlenbeck, a pioneering American mathematician and the first woman to receive the Abel Prize.
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D.
Saffman
Saffman is a surname most notably associated with Philip G. Saffman, a prominent British-American applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist.
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E.
Nernst–Lamp
The Nernst–Lamp is an early type of electric lamp that used a heated ceramic rod as a light-emitting element and played a significant role in the development of incandescent lighting technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physical law ⓘ physical phenomenon ⓘ physical quantity ⓘ physical quantity ⓘ physicist ⓘ surname ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical electrodynamics
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electromagnetism ⓘ electron theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ nuclear magnetic resonance ⓘ plasma physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Larmor ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Joseph Larmor ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Larmor formula
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Larmor precession ⓘ
surface form:
Larmor frequency
Larmor precession ⓘ Larmor radius ⓘ |
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: Larmor Description of subject: Larmor is a surname most notably associated with Joseph Larmor, an Irish physicist and mathematician known for his work in electromagnetism and the theory of the electron.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.