Jerry Yang
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Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder and early leader of the internet company Yahoo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jerry Yang canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15333845 — 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: Jerry Yang Context triple: [Yahoo, founders, Jerry Yang]
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A.
Steve Case
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
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B.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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C.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
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D.
Larry Gates
Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
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E.
Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
- 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: Jerry Yang Target entity description: Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and computer scientist best known as the co-founder and early leader of the internet company Yahoo.
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A.
Steve Case
Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, a pioneering internet services company.
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B.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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C.
Steve Chen
Steve Chen is a Taiwanese-American internet entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the video-sharing platform YouTube.
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D.
Larry Gates
Larry Gates was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
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E.
Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for creating the online auction platform eBay and later founding the Omidyar Network to support social impact initiatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.