Nelda Jansky
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Nelda Jansky was the mother of American physicist and radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nelda Jansky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16754971 — 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: Nelda Jansky Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, mother, Nelda Jansky]
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A.
Mimi Curtis Hynek
Mimi Curtis Hynek was the wife of astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, known primarily in relation to his prominent role in the study of unidentified flying objects.
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B.
Sheila Gestring
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
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C.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Barbara Piasecka Johnson was a Polish-born art historian and philanthropist who married into the Johnson & Johnson fortune and became known for her extensive art collection and high-profile legal battles over the family estate.
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D.
Bernadette Bassenger
Bernadette Bassenger is a poised, transgender showgirl and one of the central protagonists in the Australian film "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
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E.
Margaret Dusa
Margaret Dusa is the given first name of the prominent British-American mathematician Dusa McDuff, known for her influential work in symplectic geometry.
- 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: Nelda Jansky Target entity description: Nelda Jansky was the mother of American physicist and radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
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A.
Mimi Curtis Hynek
Mimi Curtis Hynek was the wife of astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, known primarily in relation to his prominent role in the study of unidentified flying objects.
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B.
Sheila Gestring
Sheila Gestring is an American higher education leader who serves as the president of the University of South Dakota.
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C.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Barbara Piasecka Johnson was a Polish-born art historian and philanthropist who married into the Johnson & Johnson fortune and became known for her extensive art collection and high-profile legal battles over the family estate.
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D.
Bernadette Bassenger
Bernadette Bassenger is a poised, transgender showgirl and one of the central protagonists in the Australian film "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
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E.
Margaret Dusa
Margaret Dusa is the given first name of the prominent British-American mathematician Dusa McDuff, known for her influential work in symplectic geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.