Corbató
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Corbató is the surname of Fernando J. Corbató, a pioneering American computer scientist known for his work on time-sharing operating systems and computer security.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corbató canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7012023 — 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: Corbató Context triple: [Fernando J. Corbató, familyName, Corbató]
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A.
Ambrosio
Ambrosio is the devout yet ultimately corrupt and tragic monastic protagonist of Matthew Gregory Lewis’s Gothic novel "The Monk."
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B.
Silvano
Silvano is an Italian given name, related to Silvio, traditionally associated with the Latin name Silvanus meaning "of the forest" or "woodland."
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C.
Mariscal
Mariscal is a Spanish surname most notably associated with designer and illustrator Javier Mariscal, known for his influential work in graphic design and visual art.
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D.
Severiano
Severiano is the given name of legendary Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros, one of the most charismatic and successful figures in golf history.
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E.
Rollán
Rollán is the Spanish family name of actress Maribel Verdú, known for her prominent roles in Spanish and international cinema.
- 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: Corbató Target entity description: Corbató is the surname of Fernando J. Corbató, a pioneering American computer scientist known for his work on time-sharing operating systems and computer security.
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A.
Ambrosio
Ambrosio is the devout yet ultimately corrupt and tragic monastic protagonist of Matthew Gregory Lewis’s Gothic novel "The Monk."
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B.
Silvano
Silvano is an Italian given name, related to Silvio, traditionally associated with the Latin name Silvanus meaning "of the forest" or "woodland."
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C.
Mariscal
Mariscal is a Spanish surname most notably associated with designer and illustrator Javier Mariscal, known for his influential work in graphic design and visual art.
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D.
Severiano
Severiano is the given name of legendary Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros, one of the most charismatic and successful figures in golf history.
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E.
Rollán
Rollán is the Spanish family name of actress Maribel Verdú, known for her prominent roles in Spanish and international cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American computer scientist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
NERFINISHED
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Turing Award ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Multics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-07-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-07-12 ⓘ |
| developed |
CTSS
NERFINISHED
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Compatible Time-Sharing System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Philip M. Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hispanic Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Corbató NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Fernando Corbató Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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computer security ⓘ operating systems ⓘ |
| fullName | Fernando José Corbató NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Fernando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Corbató NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern operating systems
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development of time-sharing systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
password-based computer security
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pioneering time-sharing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
computer security
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time-sharing operating systems ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
time-sharing as a way to share computing resources
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use of passwords for user authentication ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Jerry Saltzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oakland, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Newburyport, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at MIT ⓘ |
| residence | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Emily Corbató NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thesisTitle | A Study of Digital Data Transmission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thesisYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| workInstitution | MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 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: Corbató Description of subject: Corbató is the surname of Fernando J. Corbató, a pioneering American computer scientist known for his work on time-sharing operating systems and computer security.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.