Marc Hannah
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Marc Hannah is an American electrical engineer and computer graphics pioneer best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he helped develop influential 3D graphics technologies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marc Hannah canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986357 — 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: Marc Hannah Context triple: [SGI, foundedBy, Marc Hannah]
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A.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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B.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
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C.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
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D.
Sherman Adams
Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
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E.
Luther Cressman
Luther Cressman was an American archaeologist and anthropologist best known for his pioneering work on early human habitation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- 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: Marc Hannah Target entity description: Marc Hannah is an American electrical engineer and computer graphics pioneer best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he helped develop influential 3D graphics technologies.
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A.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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B.
Homer Murray
Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
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C.
Elam Ferguson
Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
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D.
Sherman Adams
Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
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E.
Luther Cressman
Luther Cressman was an American archaeologist and anthropologist best known for his pioneering work on early human habitation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American engineer
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computer graphics pioneer ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SGI 3D graphics architectures
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linked to:
Geometry Engine at SGI
visual effects technology in Hollywood films ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coFounderOf |
Silicon Graphics
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linked to:
SGI
|
| contributedTo |
advancement of computer-generated imagery
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development of 3D rendering technology ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
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Master of Science in electrical engineering ⓘ PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| educatedIn | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
Silicon Graphics
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linked to:
SGI
|
| field |
computer graphics
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electrical engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Marc ⓘ |
| industry |
computer graphics industry
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computer hardware industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
3D computer graphics hardware design
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co-founding Silicon Graphics ⓘ development of high-performance graphics workstations ⓘ |
| name | Marc Hannah ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableWork |
3D graphics systems used in film visual effects
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graphics hardware for Silicon Graphics workstations ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer engineer
ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ technology entrepreneur ⓘ |
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: Marc Hannah Description of subject: Marc Hannah is an American electrical engineer and computer graphics pioneer best known as a co-founder of Silicon Graphics (SGI), where he helped develop influential 3D graphics technologies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.