Corey
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Corey is a surname most notably associated with E. J. Corey, a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organic synthesis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corey canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4741184 — 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: Corey Context triple: [E. J. Corey, familyName, Corey]
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A.
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey was an American character actor and influential acting teacher known for his work in film and television from the 1940s through the 1990s.
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B.
Corey Allen
Corey Allen was an American actor and director best known for his role as the gang leader Buzz Gunderson in the classic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
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C.
Corey Gaines
Corey Gaines is an American basketball coach and former player best known for leading the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury to a championship as head coach.
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D.
Corey Palent
Corey Palent is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer of the daytime talk program "The Jennifer Hudson Show."
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E.
Corey Woods
Corey Woods, better known by his stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a prominent member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
- 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: Corey Target entity description: Corey is a surname most notably associated with E. J. Corey, a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organic synthesis.
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A.
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey was an American character actor and influential acting teacher known for his work in film and television from the 1940s through the 1990s.
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B.
Corey Allen
Corey Allen was an American actor and director best known for his role as the gang leader Buzz Gunderson in the classic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
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C.
Corey Gaines
Corey Gaines is an American basketball coach and former player best known for leading the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury to a championship as head coach.
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D.
Corey Palent
Corey Palent is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer of the daytime talk program "The Jennifer Hudson Show."
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E.
Corey Woods
Corey Woods, better known by his stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a prominent member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist ⓘ family name ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | John C. Sheehan ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Prize
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National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Priestley Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-07-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Corey ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
organic chemistry
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synthetic organic chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName |
Elias James Corey
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linked to:
Elias J. Corey
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Elias ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | modern synthetic strategy in organic chemistry ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | E. J. Corey ⓘ |
| hasResearchContribution |
computer-assisted design of synthetic routes
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development of new reagents for organic synthesis ⓘ formalization of retrosynthetic analysis ⓘ synthesis of antibiotics ⓘ synthesis of prostaglandins ⓘ synthesis of steroids ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of retrosynthetic analysis
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pioneering work in organic synthesis ⓘ total synthesis of complex natural products ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society (foreign member) ⓘ
linked to:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
|
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Logic of Chemical Synthesis ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Methuen, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld | Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Corey Description of subject: Corey is a surname most notably associated with E. J. Corey, a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organic synthesis.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.