Peter Jeffress Pauling
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Peter Jeffress Pauling was a British-born chemist and crystallographer, known as the son of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and for his early work on the structure of DNA.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Jeffress Pauling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4037842 — 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: Peter Jeffress Pauling Context triple: [Linda Helen Pauling, hasRelative, Peter Jeffress Pauling]
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A.
Edward Crellin Pauling
Edward Crellin Pauling was a member of the Pauling family, known as the brother of Linda Helen Pauling and part of the extended family of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling.
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B.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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C.
Linda Helen Pauling
Linda Helen Pauling is one of the children of Nobel Prize–winning chemist Linus Pauling and peace activist Ava Helen Pauling.
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D.
Ava Helen Pauling
Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.
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E.
Frank H. Westheimer
Frank H. Westheimer was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in physical organic chemistry and enzyme mechanisms.
- 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: Peter Jeffress Pauling Target entity description: Peter Jeffress Pauling was a British-born chemist and crystallographer, known as the son of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and for his early work on the structure of DNA.
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A.
Edward Crellin Pauling
Edward Crellin Pauling was a member of the Pauling family, known as the brother of Linda Helen Pauling and part of the extended family of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling.
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B.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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C.
Linda Helen Pauling
Linda Helen Pauling is one of the children of Nobel Prize–winning chemist Linus Pauling and peace activist Ava Helen Pauling.
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D.
Ava Helen Pauling
Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.
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E.
Frank H. Westheimer
Frank H. Westheimer was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in physical organic chemistry and enzyme mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemist
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crystallographer ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Linus Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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crystallography ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
academic researcher
ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Ava Helen Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Peter Jeffress Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early work on the structure of DNA ⓘ |
| notableWork |
crystallographic studies of biological macromolecules
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research on DNA fiber diffraction ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| relative |
Edward Crellin Pauling
NERFINISHED
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Linda Pauling NERFINISHED ⓘ Linus Pauling Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
John Kendrew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Perutz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pasadena, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Jeffress Pauling Description of subject: Peter Jeffress Pauling was a British-born chemist and crystallographer, known as the son of Nobel laureate Linus Pauling and for his early work on the structure of DNA.
Referenced by (2)
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