Douglas Bates
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Douglas Bates is a statistician and R developer best known for his work on mixed-effects models and for co-authoring the lme4 package.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18222302 — 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: Douglas Bates Context triple: [lme4, hasAuthor, Douglas Bates]
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A.
James L. Lumley
James L. Lumley was a prominent American mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for influential research in turbulence and contributions to the theoretical foundations of fluid mechanics.
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B.
James P. Snee
James P. Snee is an American business executive best known as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods Corporation.
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C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
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D.
Barton Myers
Barton Myers is a Canadian-American architect renowned for his innovative urban infill projects and prominent cultural and civic buildings across North America.
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E.
Joseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill was an early 20th-century American silent film actor who appeared in several D. W. Griffith productions.
- 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: Douglas Bates Target entity description: Douglas Bates is a statistician and R developer best known for his work on mixed-effects models and for co-authoring the lme4 package.
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A.
James L. Lumley
James L. Lumley was a prominent American mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist known for influential research in turbulence and contributions to the theoretical foundations of fluid mechanics.
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B.
James P. Snee
James P. Snee is an American business executive best known as the chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods Corporation.
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C.
Kenneth C. Royall
Kenneth C. Royall was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the last U.S. Secretary of War before becoming the first Secretary of the Army.
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D.
Barton Myers
Barton Myers is a Canadian-American architect renowned for his innovative urban infill projects and prominent cultural and civic buildings across North America.
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E.
Joseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill was an early 20th-century American silent film actor who appeared in several D. W. Griffith productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.