Phyllis Nicolson
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Phyllis Nicolson was a British mathematician and physicist best known for co-developing the Crank–Nicolson numerical method for solving partial differential equations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phyllis Nicolson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4094343 — 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: Phyllis Nicolson Context triple: [Crank–Nicolson scheme, namedAfter, Phyllis Nicolson]
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A.
Phyllis Holden
Phyllis Holden was an American occupational therapist best known as the first wife of longtime U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole.
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B.
Phyllis Stephens
Phyllis Stephens is an individual known primarily through her family connection to Wren Alexander Stephens.
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C.
Phyllis Bone
Phyllis Bone was a pioneering Scottish sculptor renowned for her animal sculptures and as the first female Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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D.
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman was an American actress and singer known for her work on Broadway and television, as well as for her advocacy on behalf of women’s health and entertainment industry professionals.
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E.
Phyllis Love
Phyllis Love was an American stage and screen actress known for her work in mid-20th-century films and Broadway productions.
- 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: Phyllis Nicolson Target entity description: Phyllis Nicolson was a British mathematician and physicist best known for co-developing the Crank–Nicolson numerical method for solving partial differential equations.
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A.
Phyllis Holden
Phyllis Holden was an American occupational therapist best known as the first wife of longtime U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole.
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B.
Phyllis Stephens
Phyllis Stephens is an individual known primarily through her family connection to Wren Alexander Stephens.
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C.
Phyllis Bone
Phyllis Bone was a pioneering Scottish sculptor renowned for her animal sculptures and as the first female Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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D.
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman was an American actress and singer known for her work on Broadway and television, as well as for her advocacy on behalf of women’s health and entertainment industry professionals.
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E.
Phyllis Love
Phyllis Love was an American stage and screen actress known for her work in mid-20th-century films and Broadway productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British scientist
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finite difference method ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ numerical method ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| appliesTo | partial differential equations ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf |
Crank–Nicolson method
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linked to:
Crank–Nicolson scheme
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| collaboratedWith | John Crank ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Manchester ⓘ |
| employer | University of Manchester ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
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numerical analysis ⓘ partial differential equations ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
applied mathematics
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mathematical physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Crank–Nicolson method
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linked to:
Crank–Nicolson scheme
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| namedAfter |
John Crank
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Phyllis Nicolson ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrColleague | John Crank ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Crank–Nicolson method
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linked to:
Crank–Nicolson scheme
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation | Manchester ⓘ |
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: Phyllis Nicolson Description of subject: Phyllis Nicolson was a British mathematician and physicist best known for co-developing the Crank–Nicolson numerical method for solving partial differential equations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.