Frank Yates
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Frank Yates was a prominent British statistician known for his influential work in experimental design and agricultural statistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Yates canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8912450 — 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: Frank Yates Context triple: [Rothamsted Experimental Station, associatedWith, Frank Yates]
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Granville Bates
Granville Bates was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and early 1940s.
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B.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
Jack Fawcett
Jack Fawcett was the son of British explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared with his father during their ill-fated 1925 expedition into the Amazon in search of the lost city of "Z."
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
- 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: Frank Yates Target entity description: Frank Yates was a prominent British statistician known for his influential work in experimental design and agricultural statistics.
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A.
Granville Bates
Granville Bates was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and early 1940s.
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B.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
Jack Fawcett
Jack Fawcett was the son of British explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared with his father during their ill-fated 1925 expedition into the Amazon in search of the lost city of "Z."
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D.
Frank Campion
Frank Campion is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Welland, Ontario.
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E.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British statistician
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person ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guy Medal in Gold
NERFINISHED
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Guy Medal in Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ronald A. Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Ronald A. Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-05-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-06-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Imperial College London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rothamsted Experimental Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century statistics ⓘ |
| familyName | Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural statistics
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biometry ⓘ experimental design ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | mathematical statistics ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ronald A. Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Yates’s correction for continuity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agricultural statistics ⓘ contributions to the design of experiments ⓘ experimental design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Frank Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Yates’s algorithm for ANOVA computations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Statistical Tables for Biological, Agricultural and Medical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | statistician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Harpenden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Statistics Department at Rothamsted Experimental Station ⓘ |
| residence | Harpenden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Rothamsted Experimental Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frank Yates Description of subject: Frank Yates was a prominent British statistician known for his influential work in experimental design and agricultural statistics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.