Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine
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Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine is a mathematician known for his work in category theory, type theory, and homotopy type theory.
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| Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine Context triple: [Ieke Moerdijk, supervisedStudent, Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine]
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Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
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D.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
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E.
Geoffrey Gardner
Geoffrey Gardner is a sports administrator best known for his leadership role as a vice president within World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine Target entity description: Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine is a mathematician known for his work in category theory, type theory, and homotopy type theory.
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A.
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth was a renowned British cinematographer celebrated for his visually rich work on numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Peter MacGregor-Scott
Peter MacGregor-Scott was a British film and television producer best known for his work on major Hollywood action and franchise films in the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, academic, and politician who served as the country’s Prime Minister in the late 1980s.
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D.
Clive Franks
Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
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E.
Geoffrey Gardner
Geoffrey Gardner is a sports administrator best known for his leadership role as a vice president within World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | mathematician ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
category theory
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foundations of mathematics ⓘ higher category theory ⓘ homotopy type theory ⓘ logic ⓘ type theory ⓘ |
| hasCoauthor |
Anders Mörtberg
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Andrej Bauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Bas Spitters NERFINISHED ⓘ Benno van den Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian Sattler NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel R. Licata NERFINISHED ⓘ Egbert Rijke NERFINISHED ⓘ Emily Riehl NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristina Sojakova NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Bezem NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Shulman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Shulman NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicola Gambino NERFINISHED ⓘ Niels van der Weide NERFINISHED ⓘ Paolo Capriotti NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Aczel NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Dybjer NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Awodey NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorsten Altenkirch NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulrik Buchholtz NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Voevodsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenTalkAt |
Carnegie Mellon University
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Carnegie Mellon University Logic Seminar NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute for Advanced Study NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Gothenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
categorical semantics of type theory
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cohesive type theory ⓘ computer formalization of mathematics ⓘ constructive mathematics ⓘ higher inductive types ⓘ higher topos theory ⓘ proof theory ⓘ synthetic homotopy theory ⓘ univalent foundations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to homotopy type theory
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work on higher categories and type theory ⓘ |
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