Michael D. Cohen
E446940
Michael D. Cohen was an American organizational theorist and professor known for his influential work on organizational decision-making and the "garbage can model" of organizational choice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael D. Cohen canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4489053 — 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 D. Cohen Context triple: [James G. March, coAuthor, Michael D. Cohen]
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A.
Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is an American attorney and former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump who later became a key witness in investigations into Trump's business and political activities.
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B.
Roger Stone
Roger Stone is an American political consultant, lobbyist, and strategist known for his long association with Republican campaigns and his role as a confidant of Donald Trump.
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C.
Charles Kushner
Charles Kushner is an American real estate developer and Democratic political donor who founded Kushner Companies and was convicted of tax evasion and other crimes before receiving a presidential pardon.
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D.
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner is an American investor and former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, known for his influential role in the Trump administration and his marriage to Ivanka Trump.
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E.
John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist 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: Michael D. Cohen Target entity description: Michael D. Cohen was an American organizational theorist and professor known for his influential work on organizational decision-making and the "garbage can model" of organizational choice.
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A.
Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is an American attorney and former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump who later became a key witness in investigations into Trump's business and political activities.
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B.
Roger Stone
Roger Stone is an American political consultant, lobbyist, and strategist known for his long association with Republican campaigns and his role as a confidant of Donald Trump.
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C.
Charles Kushner
Charles Kushner is an American real estate developer and Democratic political donor who founded Kushner Companies and was convicted of tax evasion and other crimes before receiving a presidential pardon.
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D.
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner is an American investor and former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, known for his influential role in the Trump administration and his marriage to Ivanka Trump.
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E.
John W. Carlin
John W. Carlin is an American politician and public official who served as Governor of Kansas before later becoming the Archivist of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
human ⓘ organizational theorist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
James G. March
ⓘ
Johan P. Olsen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carnegie Mellon University
ⓘ
linked to:
CMU
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
ⓘ
Ross School of Business ⓘ School of Information (University of Michigan) ⓘ
linked to:
School of Information
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
higher education
ⓘ
organizational decision-making ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly article ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
information science
ⓘ
management ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James G. March
ⓘ
Johan P. Olsen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
garbage can model of organizational choice
ⓘ
research on organizational decision-making ⓘ studies of university governance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
ⓘ
Ross School of Business ⓘ University of Michigan School of Information ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
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linked to:
garbage can model of organizational choice
March and Olsen’s work on organizational decision-making (co-authored article) ⓘ |
| occupation |
organizational theorist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| positionHeld |
faculty member at the University of Michigan
ⓘ
professor of information ⓘ professor of management and organizations ⓘ professor of public policy ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
organizational learning
ⓘ
public management ⓘ university decision processes ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
How these facts were elicited
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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 D. Cohen Description of subject: Michael D. Cohen was an American organizational theorist and professor known for his influential work on organizational decision-making and the "garbage can model" of organizational choice.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.