György Békésy
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György Békésy was a Hungarian biophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking research on the mechanics of hearing in the inner ear.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| György Békésy canonical | 2 |
| Békésy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9949631 — 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: György Békésy Context triple: [University of Szeged, hasNotableAlumni, György Békésy]
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Ragnar Granit
Ragnar Granit was a Finnish-Swedish physiologist and Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering research on the physiology of vision and the function of the retina.
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B.
Edgar Adrian
Edgar Adrian was a British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electrical activity of neurons and the coding of nerve impulses.
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C.
August Krogh
August Krogh was a Danish physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on capillary blood flow and the regulation of circulation and respiration.
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D.
Torsten N. Wiesel
Torsten N. Wiesel is a Nobel Prize–winning neurophysiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the visual system and the development of the brain’s visual cortex.
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E.
Egil Krogh
Egil Krogh was a Nixon administration official best known for leading the covert White House "Plumbers" unit involved in political intelligence and the Watergate-era scandals.
- 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: György Békésy Target entity description: György Békésy was a Hungarian biophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking research on the mechanics of hearing in the inner ear.
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A.
Ragnar Granit
Ragnar Granit was a Finnish-Swedish physiologist and Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering research on the physiology of vision and the function of the retina.
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B.
Edgar Adrian
Edgar Adrian was a British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the electrical activity of neurons and the coding of nerve impulses.
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C.
August Krogh
August Krogh was a Danish physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on capillary blood flow and the regulation of circulation and respiration.
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D.
Torsten N. Wiesel
Torsten N. Wiesel is a Nobel Prize–winning neurophysiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the visual system and the development of the brain’s visual cortex.
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E.
Egil Krogh
Egil Krogh was a Nixon administration official best known for leading the covert White House "Plumbers" unit involved in political intelligence and the Watergate-era scandals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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biophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Honolulu ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-06-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-06-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eötvös Loránd University
ⓘ
University of Bern ⓘ University of Budapest ⓘ
linked to:
Eötvös Loránd University
|
| employer |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Hungarian Post Office ⓘ
linked to:
Hungarian postal system
Karolinska Institute ⓘ University of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
|
| familyName |
Békésy
ⓘ
linked to:
György Békésy
|
| fieldOfWork |
audiology
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biophysics ⓘ physiology of hearing ⓘ |
| givenName | György ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
otology
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sensory physiology ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary audiology
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modern cochlear implant research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea
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research on the mechanics of hearing in the inner ear ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
United States National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
|
| name | György Békésy ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category |
Physiology or Medicine
ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
|
| NobelPrize.year | 1961 ⓘ |
| notableIdea | traveling wave theory of cochlear function ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of models of cochlear mechanics
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experimental studies of traveling waves in the cochlea ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Honolulu ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Laboratory of Sensory Sciences at the University of Hawaii
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research professor at Harvard University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: György Békésy Description of subject: György Békésy was a Hungarian biophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking research on the mechanics of hearing in the inner ear.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: György Békésy