Stoddart
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Stoddart is a Scottish surname most notably associated with Sir Fraser Stoddart, the Nobel Prize–winning chemist recognized for his work on molecular machines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stoddart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6445812 — 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: Stoddart Context triple: [Fraser Stoddart, familyName, Stoddart]
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A.
Stuckart
Stuckart is a German surname most notably associated with Wilhelm Stuckart, a high-ranking Nazi official and legal theorist involved in formulating racial laws during the Third Reich.
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B.
Paton
Paton is a surname and given name of Scottish origin, used by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Stowell
Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
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D.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
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E.
Stearnes
Stearnes is the surname of Turkey Stearnes, a Hall of Fame Negro Leagues baseball star known as one of the greatest power hitters of his era.
- 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: Stoddart Target entity description: Stoddart is a Scottish surname most notably associated with Sir Fraser Stoddart, the Nobel Prize–winning chemist recognized for his work on molecular machines.
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A.
Stuckart
Stuckart is a German surname most notably associated with Wilhelm Stuckart, a high-ranking Nazi official and legal theorist involved in formulating racial laws during the Third Reich.
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B.
Paton
Paton is a surname and given name of Scottish origin, used by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Stowell
Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
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D.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
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E.
Stearnes
Stearnes is the surname of Turkey Stearnes, a Hall of Fame Negro Leagues baseball star known as one of the greatest power hitters of his era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
King Faisal International Prize in Science
NERFINISHED
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-05-24 ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Chemistry ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer | Northwestern University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Stoddart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nanotechnology
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supramolecular chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Fraser Stoddart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
design and synthesis of molecular machines
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mechanically interlocked molecules ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
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Scottish English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Bernard L. Feringa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Sauvage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Stoddart mechanism-based molecular machines ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
catenanes
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molecular switches ⓘ rotaxanes ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname of Scottish origin ⓘ |
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: Stoddart Description of subject: Stoddart is a Scottish surname most notably associated with Sir Fraser Stoddart, the Nobel Prize–winning chemist recognized for his work on molecular machines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.