David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin
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The David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin is a prestigious endowed chair in the University of Texas at Austin’s computer science department, held by leading researchers in the field.
All labels observed (1)
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| David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12797773 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin Context triple: [Scott Aaronson, positionHeld, David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin]
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Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University
The Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University is an endowed academic chair in Columbia’s Computer Science Department, notably held by renowned computer scientist Alfred V. Aho.
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Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
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C.
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
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Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
The Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, known for having been held by pioneering computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra.
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E.
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
The Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by distinguished faculty in the field of computer science.
- 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: David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin Target entity description: The David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin is a prestigious endowed chair in the University of Texas at Austin’s computer science department, held by leading researchers in the field.
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A.
Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University
The Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University is an endowed academic chair in Columbia’s Computer Science Department, notably held by renowned computer scientist Alfred V. Aho.
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B.
Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
The Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed faculty chair in Harvard's computer science department, once held by programming languages and security researcher Greg Morrisett.
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C.
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
The Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego is a distinguished endowed faculty chair in the university’s CSE department, historically held by prominent computer scientists such as Ronald L. Graham.
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D.
Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
The Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, known for having been held by pioneering computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra.
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E.
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
The Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science is a prestigious endowed chair at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, held by distinguished faculty in the field of computer science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic position
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endowed chair ⓘ professorship ⓘ |
| academicDepartment | Department of Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | computer science ⓘ |
| affiliation | College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | UT Austin main campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endowmentType | centennial professorship ⓘ |
| field | computer science ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| heldBy | leading researchers in computer science ⓘ |
| institutionType | public research university ⓘ |
| isEndowed | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Austin
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surface form:
Austin, Texas
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| locatedInOrganization | Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | David J. Bruton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionClass | endowed faculty chair ⓘ |
| prestigeLevel | prestigious ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | research excellence in computer science ⓘ |
| university | University of Texas at Austin 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: David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin Description of subject: The David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin is a prestigious endowed chair in the University of Texas at Austin’s computer science department, held by leading researchers in the field.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Scott Aaronson
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positionHeld
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David J. Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin
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