Feng Zhang
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Feng Zhang is a pioneering biochemist and molecular biologist known for his foundational contributions to the development and application of CRISPR-based genome editing technologies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Feng Zhang canonical | 4 |
| Feng Zhang (scientist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15313563 — 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: Feng Zhang Context triple: [CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, associatedWithScientist, Feng Zhang]
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A.
Philippe Charpentier
Philippe Charpentier is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
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B.
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang is a mathematician known for coauthoring research with logician J. Donald Monk, particularly in areas related to mathematical logic and set theory.
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C.
Joseph C. Tsai
Joseph C. Tsai is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman, co-founder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, and principal owner of the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise.
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D.
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier is a French microbiologist and geneticist best known as a co-developer of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology, for which she received numerous prestigious scientific awards.
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E.
Sarah Teichmann
Sarah Teichmann is a prominent British computational and systems biologist known for her pioneering work in genomics and single-cell biology, including major contributions to the Human Cell Atlas project.
- 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: Feng Zhang Target entity description: Feng Zhang is a pioneering biochemist and molecular biologist known for his foundational contributions to the development and application of CRISPR-based genome editing technologies.
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A.
Philippe Charpentier
Philippe Charpentier is a relatively obscure individual about whom no widely known public or historical information is readily available.
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B.
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang is a mathematician known for coauthoring research with logician J. Donald Monk, particularly in areas related to mathematical logic and set theory.
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C.
Joseph C. Tsai
Joseph C. Tsai is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman, co-founder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, and principal owner of the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise.
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D.
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier is a French microbiologist and geneticist best known as a co-developer of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology, for which she received numerous prestigious scientific awards.
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E.
Sarah Teichmann
Sarah Teichmann is a prominent British computational and systems biologist known for her pioneering work in genomics and single-cell biology, including major contributions to the Human Cell Atlas project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Feng Zhang