Michel DeGraff
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Michel DeGraff is a Haitian-born linguist known for his work on Haitian Creole, language and education, and linguistic theory as a professor at MIT.
All labels observed (1)
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| Michel DeGraff canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9466653 — 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: Michel DeGraff Context triple: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Michel DeGraff]
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Thomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen is a Dutch-American soccer coach and former player known for his extensive coaching career in Major League Soccer and with various U.S. national youth teams.
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B.
Robert A. Burgelman
Robert A. Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and corporate innovation, known for his influential research on strategy-making processes and long-time professorship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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C.
James D. van Hoften
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
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D.
Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman is a key antagonist in the television series "Prison Break," a Secret Service agent deeply involved in the conspiracy framing Lincoln Burrows.
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E.
Anthony Kilhoffer
Anthony Kilhoffer is a Grammy-winning American record producer and audio engineer known for his extensive work with artists like Kanye West and other major hip-hop and pop acts.
- 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: Michel DeGraff Target entity description: Michel DeGraff is a Haitian-born linguist known for his work on Haitian Creole, language and education, and linguistic theory as a professor at MIT.
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A.
Thomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen is a Dutch-American soccer coach and former player known for his extensive coaching career in Major League Soccer and with various U.S. national youth teams.
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B.
Robert A. Burgelman
Robert A. Burgelman is a scholar of strategic management and corporate innovation, known for his influential research on strategy-making processes and long-time professorship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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C.
James D. van Hoften
James D. van Hoften is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, notably performing spacewalks to repair satellites.
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D.
Paul Kellerman
Paul Kellerman is a key antagonist in the television series "Prison Break," a Secret Service agent deeply involved in the conspiracy framing Lincoln Burrows.
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E.
Anthony Kilhoffer
Anthony Kilhoffer is a Grammy-winning American record producer and audio engineer known for his extensive work with artists like Kanye West and other major hip-hop and pop acts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguist
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person ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in linguistics ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
linguistic human rights in education
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use of Haitian Creole as language of instruction ⓘ |
| affiliation | MIT Linguistics Section ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Haiti ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
CUNY Graduate Center
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City University of New York ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | DeGraff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Haitian Creole
ⓘ
creole linguistics ⓘ language and education ⓘ linguistic theory ⓘ linguistics ⓘ morphology ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Michel ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Against Creole Exceptionalism
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Creole genesis: A population genetics perspective ⓘ Linguists’ most dangerous myth: The fallacy of Creole Exceptionalism ⓘ Morphology and word order in ‘creolization’ and beyond ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for Haitian Creole in education
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research on Haitian Creole ⓘ theoretical work in generative linguistics ⓘ work on language and education in Haiti ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Haitian Creole ⓘ |
| memberOf | MIT-Haiti Initiative ⓘ |
| name | Michel DeGraff ⓘ |
| nationality | Haitian ⓘ |
| notableIdea | critique of Creole Exceptionalism ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Linguistics at MIT ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
creole genesis
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education policy in Haiti ⓘ language acquisition ⓘ syntax-morphology interface ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| role | co-founder of MIT-Haiti Initiative ⓘ |
| website | https://mit.edu/degraff/ ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michel DeGraff Description of subject: Michel DeGraff is a Haitian-born linguist known for his work on Haitian Creole, language and education, and linguistic theory as a professor at MIT.
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