Irving Reed
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Irving Reed was an American mathematician and electrical engineer best known for co-inventing Reed–Solomon error-correcting codes, which became fundamental in digital communications and data storage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irving Reed canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16716812 — 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: Irving Reed Context triple: [Moore School Lectures on computing, hasNotableLecturer, Irving Reed]
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A.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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B.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American actor and filmmaker, and the son of director Ron Howard.
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C.
Don Reed
Don Reed is a musician known for contributing as a featured artist on the country album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
Reed Bower
Reed Bower is one of the small islands located within Loch Leven in Scotland.
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E.
Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson is an American businessman and political figure who ran a long-shot campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
- 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: Irving Reed Target entity description: Irving Reed was an American mathematician and electrical engineer best known for co-inventing Reed–Solomon error-correcting codes, which became fundamental in digital communications and data storage.
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A.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American golfer and the son of filmmaker and actor Ron Howard.
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B.
Reed Howard
Reed Howard is an American actor and filmmaker, and the son of director Ron Howard.
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C.
Don Reed
Don Reed is a musician known for contributing as a featured artist on the country album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
Reed Bower
Reed Bower is one of the small islands located within Loch Leven in Scotland.
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E.
Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson is an American businessman and political figure who ran a long-shot campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.