Heidi Jo Newberg
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Heidi Jo Newberg is an American astrophysicist known for her work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy and contributions to large sky surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heidi Jo Newberg canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5726982 — 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: Heidi Jo Newberg Context triple: [Monoceros Ring, discoveredBy, Heidi Jo Newberg]
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A.
Nancy Kanwisher
Nancy Kanwisher is a cognitive neuroscientist renowned for her pioneering work on the functional organization of the human brain, particularly in visual perception and face recognition.
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B.
Anna M. Kross
Anna M. Kross was a pioneering New York City jurist and reformer who served as the city’s first female Commissioner of Correction and advocated for more humane treatment of incarcerated people.
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C.
Matt Lieberman
Matt Lieberman is an American screenwriter known for writing family-oriented and genre films, including the 2019 animated adaptation of The Addams Family.
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D.
Ann Graybiel
Ann Graybiel is a renowned neuroscientist known for her pioneering research on the basal ganglia and its role in habit formation and movement control.
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E.
Michael Tronick
Michael Tronick is an American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood productions across several decades.
- 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: Heidi Jo Newberg Target entity description: Heidi Jo Newberg is an American astrophysicist known for her work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy and contributions to large sky surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
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A.
Nancy Kanwisher
Nancy Kanwisher is a cognitive neuroscientist renowned for her pioneering work on the functional organization of the human brain, particularly in visual perception and face recognition.
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B.
Anna M. Kross
Anna M. Kross was a pioneering New York City jurist and reformer who served as the city’s first female Commissioner of Correction and advocated for more humane treatment of incarcerated people.
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C.
Matt Lieberman
Matt Lieberman is an American screenwriter known for writing family-oriented and genre films, including the 2019 animated adaptation of The Addams Family.
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D.
Ann Graybiel
Ann Graybiel is a renowned neuroscientist known for her pioneering research on the basal ganglia and its role in habit formation and movement control.
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E.
Michael Tronick
Michael Tronick is an American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood productions across several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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astrophysicist ⓘ person ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| affiliation | Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ohio State University
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Galactic halo
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linked to:
Milky Way stellar halo
Galactic structure ⓘ Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to:
Milky Way
astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ stellar streams ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRole |
researcher in observational cosmology
ⓘ
university faculty member ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOn |
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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large sky surveys ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of stellar streams in the Milky Way halo
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contributions to large sky surveys ⓘ studies of the structure of the Milky Way galaxy ⓘ work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Sloan Digital Sky Survey collaboration
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linked to:
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
|
| name | Heidi Jo Newberg ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableWork |
identification of stellar streams using SDSS data
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mapping of the Milky Way halo substructure ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Galactic substructure
ⓘ
dark matter distribution in the Milky Way ⓘ tidal streams ⓘ |
| residence |
New York (state)
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linked to:
New York State
|
| teaches |
astronomy
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| workLocation | Troy, New York ⓘ |
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: Heidi Jo Newberg Description of subject: Heidi Jo Newberg is an American astrophysicist known for her work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy and contributions to large sky surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.