Sherry Turkle
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Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist and MIT professor renowned for her pioneering research on the psychological and social impacts of computers, the internet, and digital communication technologies.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17505623 — 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: Sherry Turkle Context triple: [Edge.org, hasContributor, Sherry Turkle]
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A.
Shoshana Zuboff
Shoshana Zuboff is an American scholar and author known for her influential critique of the digital economy and for popularizing the concept of "surveillance capitalism."
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B.
Janet Murray
Janet Murray was the first wife of American film actor Dana Andrews, to whom he was married before his rise to Hollywood stardom.
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C.
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone is a prominent British social psychologist and media scholar known for her influential research on children’s media use, digital literacy, and online safety.
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D.
Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson is a prominent technology investor, journalist, and philanthropist known for her early involvement in the digital economy and advocacy on issues such as health, space, and technology policy.
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E.
Rosalind Picard
Rosalind Picard is an American computer scientist and professor at MIT best known for founding the field of affective computing and co-founding the wearable technology company Empatica.
- 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: Sherry Turkle Target entity description: Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist and MIT professor renowned for her pioneering research on the psychological and social impacts of computers, the internet, and digital communication technologies.
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A.
Shoshana Zuboff
Shoshana Zuboff is an American scholar and author known for her influential critique of the digital economy and for popularizing the concept of "surveillance capitalism."
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B.
Janet Murray
Janet Murray was the first wife of American film actor Dana Andrews, to whom he was married before his rise to Hollywood stardom.
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C.
Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone is a prominent British social psychologist and media scholar known for her influential research on children’s media use, digital literacy, and online safety.
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D.
Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson is a prominent technology investor, journalist, and philanthropist known for her early involvement in the digital economy and advocacy on issues such as health, space, and technology policy.
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E.
Rosalind Picard
Rosalind Picard is an American computer scientist and professor at MIT best known for founding the field of affective computing and co-founding the wearable technology company Empatica.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.