Calvin Blackman Bridges
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Calvin Blackman Bridges was an American geneticist best known for his pioneering work with Drosophila that helped establish the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calvin Bridges | 2 |
| Calvin Blackman Bridges canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18783592 — 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: Calvin Blackman Bridges Context triple: [The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity, author, Calvin Blackman Bridges]
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A.
Edgar H. Sturtevant
Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
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B.
Edward B. Lewis
Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist and developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development, for which he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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C.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate whose experiments with fruit flies established the chromosome theory of heredity and laid the foundations of modern genetics.
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D.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
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E.
Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
- 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: Calvin Blackman Bridges Target entity description: Calvin Blackman Bridges was an American geneticist best known for his pioneering work with Drosophila that helped establish the chromosomal theory of inheritance.
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A.
Edgar H. Sturtevant
Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
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B.
Edward B. Lewis
Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist and developmental biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development, for which he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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C.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate whose experiments with fruit flies established the chromosome theory of heredity and laid the foundations of modern genetics.
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D.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
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E.
Herman J. Muller
Herman J. Muller was an American geneticist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating that X-rays can induce genetic mutations and for his outspoken advocacy on the social implications of genetics and nuclear weapons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Fly Room at Columbia University
linked to: Calvin Blackman Bridges
linked to: Calvin Blackman Bridges