Michael S. Paterson
E178836
Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Paterson | 1 |
| Michael S. Paterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1483901 — 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: Michael S. Paterson Context triple: [Conway’s Game of Sprouts, inventor, Michael S. Paterson]
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A.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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B.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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C.
Ian Foster
Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
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D.
Donald Davies
Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who pioneered the concept of packet switching, a foundational technology for modern computer networks and the internet.
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E.
Peter Johnstone
Peter Johnstone is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory and topos theory.
- 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: Michael S. Paterson Target entity description: Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
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A.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
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B.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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C.
Ian Foster
Ian Foster is a New Zealand rugby union coach best known for serving as head coach of the All Blacks national team.
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D.
Donald Davies
Donald Davies was a British computer scientist who pioneered the concept of packet switching, a foundational technology for modern computer networks and the internet.
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E.
Peter Johnstone
Peter Johnstone is a British mathematician renowned for his influential work in category theory and topos theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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computer scientist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algorithms
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combinatorial game theory ⓘ combinatorics ⓘ computational complexity theory ⓘ discrete mathematics ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
computer science
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mathematics ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
combinatorial games
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complexity of algorithms ⓘ discrete algorithms ⓘ graph theory ⓘ |
| isA |
British computer scientist
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British mathematician ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to combinatorial game theory
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contributions to theoretical computer science ⓘ research on algorithms ⓘ research on computational complexity ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer scientist
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mathematician ⓘ |
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: Michael S. Paterson Description of subject: Michael S. Paterson is a British computer scientist and mathematician known for his contributions to theoretical computer science and combinatorial game theory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Michael Paterson