Corrado Segrè
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Corrado Segrè was an Italian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic geometry and for mentoring several prominent 20th-century mathematicians.
All labels observed (1)
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| Corrado Segrè canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6782144 — 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: Corrado Segrè Context triple: [Segrè, hasNotableBearer, Corrado Segrè]
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A.
Beniamino Segrè
Beniamino Segrè was an Italian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic geometry and finite geometry.
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B.
Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè was an Italian-American physicist and Nobel laureate known for co-discovering the antiproton and contributing to the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project.
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C.
Bruno Rossi
Bruno Rossi was an Italian experimental physicist and pioneer in cosmic-ray and high-energy astrophysics who played a key role in early nuclear research and space science.
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D.
Nicola Cabibbo
Nicola Cabibbo was an Italian theoretical physicist best known for introducing the Cabibbo angle, a fundamental parameter in the theory of weak interactions in particle physics.
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E.
James Cronin
James Cronin was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his groundbreaking discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral K-mesons.
- 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: Corrado Segrè Target entity description: Corrado Segrè was an Italian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic geometry and for mentoring several prominent 20th-century mathematicians.
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A.
Beniamino Segrè
Beniamino Segrè was an Italian mathematician known for his influential work in algebraic geometry and finite geometry.
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B.
Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè was an Italian-American physicist and Nobel laureate known for co-discovering the antiproton and contributing to the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project.
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C.
Bruno Rossi
Bruno Rossi was an Italian experimental physicist and pioneer in cosmic-ray and high-energy astrophysics who played a key role in early nuclear research and space science.
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D.
Nicola Cabibbo
Nicola Cabibbo was an Italian theoretical physicist best known for introducing the Cabibbo angle, a fundamental parameter in the theory of weak interactions in particle physics.
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E.
James Cronin
James Cronin was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his groundbreaking discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral K-mesons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | mathematics ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-08-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-05-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Segrè NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ projective geometry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Corrado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Enrico D’Ovidio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beniamino Segre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federigo Enriques NERFINISHED ⓘ Francesco Severi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gino Fano NERFINISHED ⓘ Guido Fubini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Segrè varieties
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work on algebraic surfaces ⓘ work on projective varieties ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Accademia delle Scienze di Torino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Corrado Segrè NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to algebraic geometry
ⓘ
mentoring prominent 20th-century mathematicians ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Beniamino Segre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federigo Enriques NERFINISHED ⓘ Francesco Severi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gino Fano NERFINISHED ⓘ Guido Fubini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of Italy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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