William Shih
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William Shih is a biophysicist and pioneer in DNA nanotechnology known for designing complex DNA-based structures and devices.
All labels observed (1)
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| William Shih canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17741598 — 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: William Shih Context triple: [Nadrian Seeman, notableStudent, William Shih]
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A.
Wilson C. Hsieh
Wilson C. Hsieh is a computer scientist known for co-authoring the influential Google Bigtable paper on large-scale distributed storage systems.
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B.
Kenneth Hsu
Kenneth Hsu is a Swiss geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on marine geology and the Messinian salinity crisis.
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C.
Eric S. Yuan
Eric S. Yuan is a Chinese-American entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, a leading video conferencing platform.
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D.
Stan Shih
Stan Shih is a Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the multinational computer company Acer Inc.
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E.
Edward J. Pei
Edward J. Pei is a film cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the biographical drama "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."
- 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: William Shih Target entity description: William Shih is a biophysicist and pioneer in DNA nanotechnology known for designing complex DNA-based structures and devices.
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A.
Wilson C. Hsieh
Wilson C. Hsieh is a computer scientist known for co-authoring the influential Google Bigtable paper on large-scale distributed storage systems.
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B.
Kenneth Hsu
Kenneth Hsu is a Swiss geologist and oceanographer known for his influential work on marine geology and the Messinian salinity crisis.
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C.
Eric S. Yuan
Eric S. Yuan is a Chinese-American entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, a leading video conferencing platform.
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D.
Stan Shih
Stan Shih is a Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the multinational computer company Acer Inc.
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E.
Edward J. Pei
Edward J. Pei is a film cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the biographical drama "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.