Larry Tesler
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Larry Tesler was an influential computer scientist and user-interface pioneer best known for his work at Xerox PARC and Apple, including inventing cut-copy-paste and advancing modeless computing.
All labels observed (1)
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| Larry Tesler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22489655 — 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: Larry Tesler Context triple: [NewtonScript, designedBy, Larry Tesler]
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A.
Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton is a pioneering computer scientist and designer known for his influential work in human-computer interaction, input technologies, and user experience design.
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B.
Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin was a human–computer interface expert and computer scientist best known for initiating and leading the early development of Apple’s Macintosh project.
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C.
Bill Atkinson
Bill Atkinson is an American computer engineer and software designer best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and creator of MacPaint and HyperCard.
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D.
Allan Kayser
Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
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E.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
- 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: Larry Tesler Target entity description: Larry Tesler was an influential computer scientist and user-interface pioneer best known for his work at Xerox PARC and Apple, including inventing cut-copy-paste and advancing modeless computing.
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A.
Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton is a pioneering computer scientist and designer known for his influential work in human-computer interaction, input technologies, and user experience design.
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B.
Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin was a human–computer interface expert and computer scientist best known for initiating and leading the early development of Apple’s Macintosh project.
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C.
Bill Atkinson
Bill Atkinson is an American computer engineer and software designer best known as a key member of the original Apple Macintosh team and creator of MacPaint and HyperCard.
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D.
Allan Kayser
Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
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E.
Leonard Bosack
Leonard Bosack is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Cisco Systems, a pioneering company in computer networking and internet infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.