Janna Levin
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Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist, author, and professor known for her work on black holes, the shape of the universe, and the cultural impact of physics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Janna Levin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6047621 — 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: Janna Levin Context triple: [Levin, hasNotableBearer, Janna Levin]
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A.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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B.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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C.
Kathryn McDowell
Kathryn McDowell is a British arts administrator best known for her long-serving leadership as managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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D.
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American science journalist and author known for her engaging, accessible explorations of biology and science in popular books and articles.
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E.
Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer best known as a pioneering leader in the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
- 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: Janna Levin Target entity description: Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist, author, and professor known for her work on black holes, the shape of the universe, and the cultural impact of physics.
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A.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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B.
Jess Remsberg
Jess Remsberg is the tough, skilled frontier scout and central protagonist portrayed by James Garner in the 1966 Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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C.
Kathryn McDowell
Kathryn McDowell is a British arts administrator best known for her long-serving leadership as managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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D.
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American science journalist and author known for her engaging, accessible explorations of biology and science in popular books and articles.
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E.
Jill Tarter
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer best known as a pioneering leader in the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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physicist ⓘ science communicator ⓘ theoretical cosmologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
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MIT NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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PEN/Bingham Prize for A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in theoretical physics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| familyName | Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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cosmology ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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popular science ⓘ science writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Janna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | director of sciences at Pioneer Works ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.jannalevin.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exploring the cultural impact of physics
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popular science writing ⓘ work on black holes ⓘ work on gravitational waves ⓘ work on the shape of the universe ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Janna Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
NERFINISHED
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Hole Survival Guide NERFINISHED ⓘ How the Universe Got Its Spots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of physics and astronomy ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
black holes
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chaos in cosmology ⓘ cosmic topology ⓘ gravitational waves ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Barnard College of Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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: Janna Levin Description of subject: Janna Levin is an American theoretical cosmologist, author, and professor known for her work on black holes, the shape of the universe, and the cultural impact of physics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.