Moser
E140430
Moser is a Norwegian surname most prominently associated with Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moser canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1229618 — 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: Moser Context triple: [May-Britt Moser, familyName, Moser]
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A.
Müller
Müller is a common German surname, equivalent to "Miller" in English, historically associated with the occupation of operating a mill.
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B.
Mölders
Mölders is a German surname most prominently associated with World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace Werner Mölders.
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C.
Morgenstern
Morgenstern is a German surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, literature, and the arts.
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D.
Mommsen
Mommsen is a German surname most famously associated with Theodor Mommsen, the Nobel Prize–winning historian and scholar of ancient Rome.
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E.
Martz
Martz is a surname most notably associated with Mike Martz, an American football coach known for his innovative offensive strategies in the NFL.
- 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: Moser Target entity description: Moser is a Norwegian surname most prominently associated with Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser.
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A.
Müller
Müller is a common German surname, equivalent to "Miller" in English, historically associated with the occupation of operating a mill.
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B.
Mölders
Mölders is a German surname most prominently associated with World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace Werner Mölders.
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C.
Morgenstern
Morgenstern is a German surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, literature, and the arts.
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D.
Mommsen
Mommsen is a German surname most famously associated with Theodor Mommsen, the Nobel Prize–winning historian and scholar of ancient Rome.
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E.
Martz
Martz is a surname most notably associated with Mike Martz, an American football coach known for his innovative offensive strategies in the NFL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
neuroscientist ⓘ neuroscientist ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Norway
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Norway ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| familyName |
Moser
ⓘ
Moser ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
neuroscience
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neuroscience ⓘ |
| givenName |
Edvard
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May-Britt ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociationWith |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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neuroscience ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on grid cells
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research on grid cells ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Norwegian
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linked to:
Norwegian language
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| notableBearer |
Edvard Moser
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May-Britt Moser ⓘ |
| spouse |
Edvard Moser
ⓘ
May-Britt Moser ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname in Norway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Moser Description of subject: Moser is a Norwegian surname most prominently associated with Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.