Eric Teller
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Eric Teller, better known as Astro Teller, is an American entrepreneur, scientist, and author who leads Alphabet's experimental research lab X (formerly Google X).
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16850088 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Teller Context triple: [Astro Teller, birthName, Eric Teller]
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Philip W. Goetz
Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Joseph Randall Shapiro
Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
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C.
Gordon Battelle
Gordon Battelle was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose bequest led to the creation of the Battelle Memorial Institute, a major nonprofit research and development organization.
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Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
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E.
John P. Van Leer
John P. Van Leer was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and Civil War veteran whose service earned him recognition and burial at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 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: Eric Teller Target entity description: Eric Teller, better known as Astro Teller, is an American entrepreneur, scientist, and author who leads Alphabet's experimental research lab X (formerly Google X).
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A.
Philip W. Goetz
Philip W. Goetz is an American editor best known for serving as the chief editor of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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B.
Joseph Randall Shapiro
Joseph Randall Shapiro was an American art collector and philanthropist best known for establishing the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
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C.
Gordon Battelle
Gordon Battelle was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose bequest led to the creation of the Battelle Memorial Institute, a major nonprofit research and development organization.
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D.
Eli Yablonovitch
Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer renowned as a pioneer of photonic crystals and a leading figure in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.
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E.
John P. Van Leer
John P. Van Leer was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and Civil War veteran whose service earned him recognition and burial at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.