Abraham S. Fischler
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Abraham S. Fischler was an American educator and pioneer in distance learning who played a key role in shaping modern online and nontraditional higher education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abraham S. Fischler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5537906 — 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: Abraham S. Fischler Context triple: [Nova Southeastern University, founder, Abraham S. Fischler]
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A.
Henry Berman
Henry Berman was an American film editor and producer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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B.
George Schneiderman
George Schneiderman was an early American cinematographer best known for helping establish the American Society of Cinematographers and contributing to the development of professional standards in the field.
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C.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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D.
Hal Lieberman
Hal Lieberman is an American film producer known for working on major Hollywood movies, including the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
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E.
Howard E. Tatel
Howard E. Tatel was an American radio astronomer after whom the 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was named.
- 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: Abraham S. Fischler Target entity description: Abraham S. Fischler was an American educator and pioneer in distance learning who played a key role in shaping modern online and nontraditional higher education.
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A.
Henry Berman
Henry Berman was an American film editor and producer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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B.
George Schneiderman
George Schneiderman was an early American cinematographer best known for helping establish the American Society of Cinematographers and contributing to the development of professional standards in the field.
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C.
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur J. Cohen was a prominent American social welfare expert and government official, often called the "father of Social Security" for his central role in shaping U.S. social insurance and welfare policy in the 20th century.
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D.
Hal Lieberman
Hal Lieberman is an American film producer known for working on major Hollywood movies, including the science fiction action sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
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E.
Howard E. Tatel
Howard E. Tatel was an American radio astronomer after whom the 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
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human ⓘ pioneer in distance education ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Education ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States higher education
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distance learning policy and practice ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Abraham S. Fischler College of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | legitimization of distance learning in mainstream academia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
City College of New York
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
Nova Southeastern University
NERFINISHED
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Nova University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fischler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
distance education
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higher education ⓘ online learning ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor | namesake of the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education at Nova Southeastern University ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advocate for adult learners
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innovator in university governance ⓘ leader in distance education accreditation discussions ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern online higher education
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nontraditional higher education models ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American educational community ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing nontraditional university programs
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early adoption of technology-mediated instruction ⓘ expanding access to higher education through distance learning ⓘ pioneering distance learning in higher education ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of external degree programs ⓘ |
| occupation |
education theorist
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educator ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of Nova Southeastern University
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president of Nova University ⓘ |
| residence | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Fort Lauderdale, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Abraham S. Fischler Description of subject: Abraham S. Fischler was an American educator and pioneer in distance learning who played a key role in shaping modern online and nontraditional higher education.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.