B. N. Ames
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B. N. Ames is a scientist best known as the doctoral advisor of Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist John Michael Bishop.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15248826 — 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: B. N. Ames Context triple: [John Michael Bishop, doctoralAdvisor, B. N. Ames]
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George H. Hitchings
George H. Hitchings was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who pioneered the development of important chemotherapy and antiviral drugs, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
John C. Darnell
John C. Darnell is an American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his influential work on ancient Egyptian texts and desert routes, including the identification of some of the earliest alphabetic inscriptions.
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C.
Raymond W. Stark
Raymond W. Stark was an American film producer known for backing numerous successful Hollywood movies from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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D.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
- 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: B. N. Ames Target entity description: B. N. Ames is a scientist best known as the doctoral advisor of Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist John Michael Bishop.
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A.
George H. Hitchings
George H. Hitchings was an American biochemist and pharmacologist who pioneered the development of important chemotherapy and antiviral drugs, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
John C. Darnell
John C. Darnell is an American Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his influential work on ancient Egyptian texts and desert routes, including the identification of some of the earliest alphabetic inscriptions.
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C.
Raymond W. Stark
Raymond W. Stark was an American film producer known for backing numerous successful Hollywood movies from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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D.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist and geneticist renowned for his pioneering work in bacterial genetics, which earned him a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson is an American geneticist and molecular biologist best known for the Meselson–Stahl experiment, which provided key evidence for the semiconservative replication of DNA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
B. N. Ames (postdoctoral mentor; biochemistry at NIH)
subject linked to:
B. N. Ames (postdoctoral mentor; biochemistry at NIH)