Harry Fielding Reid
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Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
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| Harry Fielding Reid canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110966 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Fielding Reid Context triple: [Harry Fielding Reid, name, Harry Fielding Reid]
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A.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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C.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
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E.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
- 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: Harry Fielding Reid Target entity description: Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
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A.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
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C.
Roswell Miller Jr.
Roswell Miller Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of philanthropist Margaret Carnegie Miller, daughter of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
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D.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
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E.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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geophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ seismologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developed | elastic rebound theory of earthquakes ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| employer | Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| familyName | Reid ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
earthquake mechanics
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geophysics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | earth sciences ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
fault mechanics research
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seismic hazard assessment ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern earthquake engineering
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plate tectonics-based models of faulting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elastic rebound theory
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study of earthquakes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Geophysical Union
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Seismological Society of America ⓘ
surface form:
American Seismological Society
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| name | Harry Fielding Reid self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept | elastic rebound ⓘ |
| occupation |
geophysicist
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professor ⓘ seismologist ⓘ |
| studied |
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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California earthquakes ⓘ San Andreas Fault ⓘ |
| theoryDescribes |
mechanics of earthquakes
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sudden release of elastic strain along faults ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Harry Fielding Reid Description of subject: Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
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subject surface form:
Harry Fielding Reid