Frances Kirwan
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Frances Kirwan is a prominent British mathematician known for her influential work in algebraic and symplectic geometry and for serving as the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford.
All labels observed (1)
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| Frances Kirwan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10829567 — 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: Frances Kirwan Context triple: [Nigel Hitchin, notableStudent, Frances Kirwan]
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A.
Suzanne Mackie
Suzanne Mackie is a British television and film producer known for her work on acclaimed projects such as "The Crown" and other high-profile UK dramas.
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B.
Kara Tointon
Kara Tointon is an English actress best known for her roles in television dramas and soap operas such as EastEnders and for winning the BBC competition Strictly Come Dancing.
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C.
Tessa Menzies
Tessa Menzies is a child of California politician and governor Gavin Newsom.
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D.
Rachel Daly
Rachel Daly is an English professional footballer known for her versatility as both a forward and defender, with a prominent club career in the NWSL and WSL and regular appearances for the England national team.
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E.
Katherine Patrick
Katherine Patrick is the daughter of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and has occasionally appeared in public alongside her politically prominent family.
- 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: Frances Kirwan Target entity description: Frances Kirwan is a prominent British mathematician known for her influential work in algebraic and symplectic geometry and for serving as the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford.
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A.
Suzanne Mackie
Suzanne Mackie is a British television and film producer known for her work on acclaimed projects such as "The Crown" and other high-profile UK dramas.
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B.
Kara Tointon
Kara Tointon is an English actress best known for her roles in television dramas and soap operas such as EastEnders and for winning the BBC competition Strictly Come Dancing.
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C.
Tessa Menzies
Tessa Menzies is a child of California politician and governor Gavin Newsom.
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D.
Rachel Daly
Rachel Daly is an English professional footballer known for her versatility as both a forward and defender, with a prominent club career in the NWSL and WSL and regular appearances for the England national team.
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E.
Katherine Patrick
Katherine Patrick is the daughter of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and has occasionally appeared in public alongside her politically prominent family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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geometer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
NERFINISHED
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De Morgan Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Senior Whitehead Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvester Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitehead Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Michael Atiyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Kirwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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geometric invariant theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ symplectic geometry ⓘ |
| givenName | Frances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Michael Atiyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| hasRole | Savilian Professor of Geometry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isProfessorAt | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
London Mathematical Society
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Frances Kirwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford
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contributions to geometric invariant theory ⓘ work in algebraic geometry ⓘ work in symplectic geometry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research on moduli spaces in algebraic geometry
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work on moment maps and geometric invariant theory ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
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Savilian Professor of Geometry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workplace | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Frances Kirwan Description of subject: Frances Kirwan is a prominent British mathematician known for her influential work in algebraic and symplectic geometry and for serving as the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.