Brian MacWhinney
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Brian MacWhinney is a cognitive psychologist and linguist best known for creating the CHILDES and TalkBank databases and for his influential work on language acquisition and processing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brian MacWhinney canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22177721 — 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: Brian MacWhinney Context triple: [PDP Research Group, hasMember, Brian MacWhinney]
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A.
Chris Manning
Chris Manning is a member of the band Jellyfish, contributing to its distinctive power pop sound.
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B.
Paul Smolensky
Paul Smolensky is a cognitive scientist and linguist best known for co-developing Optimality Theory and for his influential work in connectionist models of cognition and language.
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C.
Richard Socher
Richard Socher is a prominent computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in natural language processing and deep learning, including serving as Chief Scientist at Salesforce and founding the AI company You.com.
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D.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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E.
Michael N. Marcus
Michael N. Marcus is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
- 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: Brian MacWhinney Target entity description: Brian MacWhinney is a cognitive psychologist and linguist best known for creating the CHILDES and TalkBank databases and for his influential work on language acquisition and processing.
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A.
Chris Manning
Chris Manning is a member of the band Jellyfish, contributing to its distinctive power pop sound.
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B.
Paul Smolensky
Paul Smolensky is a cognitive scientist and linguist best known for co-developing Optimality Theory and for his influential work in connectionist models of cognition and language.
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C.
Richard Socher
Richard Socher is a prominent computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his influential work in natural language processing and deep learning, including serving as Chief Scientist at Salesforce and founding the AI company You.com.
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D.
W. Craig Jelinek
W. Craig Jelinek is an American business executive best known for serving as the CEO of Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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E.
Michael N. Marcus
Michael N. Marcus is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.