James Oxley
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James Oxley is a mathematician known for his contributions to matroid theory and graph theory, particularly through his influential textbook "Matroid Theory."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Oxley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9927735 — 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: James Oxley Context triple: [Oxley, hasNotableBearer, James Oxley]
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A.
William M. Rice
William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Dillon S. Myer
Dillon S. Myer was an American government official best known for directing the U.S. War Relocation Authority, which administered the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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C.
John Rawlins
John Rawlins is a fictional Union Army soldier and moral center of the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," portrayed as a steady, compassionate leader among the Black volunteers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
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D.
William A. Burwell
William A. Burwell was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia and as a private secretary to President Thomas Jefferson.
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E.
James K. Boyce
James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
- 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: James Oxley Target entity description: James Oxley is a mathematician known for his contributions to matroid theory and graph theory, particularly through his influential textbook "Matroid Theory."
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A.
William M. Rice
William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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B.
Dillon S. Myer
Dillon S. Myer was an American government official best known for directing the U.S. War Relocation Authority, which administered the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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C.
John Rawlins
John Rawlins is a fictional Union Army soldier and moral center of the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," portrayed as a steady, compassionate leader among the Black volunteers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
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D.
William A. Burwell
William A. Burwell was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia and as a private secretary to President Thomas Jefferson.
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E.
James K. Boyce
James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematician
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mathematics textbook ⓘ person ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Australian National University
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| author | James Oxley ⓘ |
| authorOf | "Matroid Theory" ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educatedAt |
Australian National University
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | Louisiana State University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graph theory
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matroid theory ⓘ |
| genre | mathematics textbook ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Dominic Welsh ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | pure mathematics ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
results on binary matroids
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results on connectivity in matroids ⓘ results on excluded minors for matroid classes ⓘ results on graphic and cographic matroids ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to graph theory
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contributions to matroid theory ⓘ the textbook "Matroid Theory" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
combinatorics
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matroid theory ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Mathematical Society ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Joseph Bonin
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other combinatorics PhD students at LSU ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Louisiana State University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
combinatorics
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connectivity in matroids ⓘ graph minors ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Baton Rouge
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linked to:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: James Oxley Description of subject: James Oxley is a mathematician known for his contributions to matroid theory and graph theory, particularly through his influential textbook "Matroid Theory."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
James Oxley