B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| B. F. Skinner | 30 |
| Burrhus Frederic Skinner | 4 |
| Skinner | 4 |
| B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) canonical | 1 |
| Burrhus | 1 |
| Skinner (namesake not specified) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T24305 — 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: B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) Context triple: [Armstrong, hasNotableBearer, B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)]
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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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B.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
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Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
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Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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E.
Richard Bolt
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
- 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: B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) Target entity description: B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
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A.
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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B.
Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electrical engineer known as the "father of information theory" for founding the mathematical framework underlying digital communication and data compression.
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C.
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890~1974)
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D.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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E.
Richard Bolt
Richard Bolt was an American acoustician and co-founder of the influential research and engineering firm Bolt Beranek and Newman, known for its pioneering work in acoustics and computer networking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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| instanceOf |
author
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behaviorist ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ psychologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in psychology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
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American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
National Medal of Science ⓘ |
| conceptCoined |
operant conditioning
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reinforcement (behavioral psychology) ⓘ shaping (behavioral psychology) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-03-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-08-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Union College
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Hamilton College
Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Indiana University ⓘ University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| familyName |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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Skinner
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| fieldOfWork |
behaviorism
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experimental analysis of behavior ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| fullName |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner
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| givenName |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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Burrhus
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| influenced |
applied behavior analysis
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behavior therapy ⓘ education technology ⓘ |
| invented |
cumulative recorder
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operant conditioning chamber ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Skinner box
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experimental analysis of behavior ⓘ operant conditioning ⓘ programmed instruction ⓘ radical behaviorism ⓘ schedules of reinforcement ⓘ verbal behavior theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
radical behaviorism
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surface form:
behaviorism
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| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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Science and Human Behavior ⓘ The Behavior of Organisms ⓘ Verbal Behavior ⓘ Walden Two ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld | professor of psychology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Yvonne Blue Skinner ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped |
operant conditioning
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radical behaviorism ⓘ |
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: B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner) Description of subject: B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
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