Alexandra M. Hocquenghem
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Alexandra M. Hocquenghem was a French mathematician best known for her foundational work in coding theory, particularly the development of Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem (BCH) codes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexandra M. Hocquenghem canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10803809 — 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: Alexandra M. Hocquenghem Context triple: [Raj Chandra Bose, coAuthor, Alexandra M. Hocquenghem]
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A.
Louise Charpentier
Louise Charpentier is a notable individual who bears the French surname Charpentier, recognized among people associated with this family name.
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B.
Anne Goursaud
Anne Goursaud is a French-born film editor and director known for her work on notable films such as "The Outsiders" and for later directing features like "Embrace of the Vampire."
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C.
Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky is a French filmmaker and actress known for her acclaimed work in both directing and performing in contemporary French cinema.
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D.
Eugénie Le Sommer
Eugénie Le Sommer is a prolific French forward widely regarded as one of the all-time leading scorers and key figures in the history of France’s women’s football.
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E.
Marie Witschi-Courant
Marie Witschi-Courant was the wife of Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate Emil Theodor Kocher.
- 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: Alexandra M. Hocquenghem Target entity description: Alexandra M. Hocquenghem was a French mathematician best known for her foundational work in coding theory, particularly the development of Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem (BCH) codes.
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A.
Louise Charpentier
Louise Charpentier is a notable individual who bears the French surname Charpentier, recognized among people associated with this family name.
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B.
Anne Goursaud
Anne Goursaud is a French-born film editor and director known for her work on notable films such as "The Outsiders" and for later directing features like "Embrace of the Vampire."
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C.
Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky is a French filmmaker and actress known for her acclaimed work in both directing and performing in contemporary French cinema.
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D.
Eugénie Le Sommer
Eugénie Le Sommer is a prolific French forward widely regarded as one of the all-time leading scorers and key figures in the history of France’s women’s football.
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E.
Marie Witschi-Courant
Marie Witschi-Courant was the wife of Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate Emil Theodor Kocher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
error-correcting code
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mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
algebraic coding theory
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error-correcting codes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coding theory
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mathematics ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatinAlphabet | Alexandra M. Hocquenghem ⓘ |
| knownFor |
BCH codes
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Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem codes ⓘ
linked to:
BCH codes
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Alexandra M. Hocquenghem
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Alexandra M. Hocquenghem ⓘ Dhuvalli S. K. Choudhuri ⓘ Raj Chandra Bose ⓘ |
| notableWork | Codes correcteurs d’erreurs ⓘ |
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: Alexandra M. Hocquenghem Description of subject: Alexandra M. Hocquenghem was a French mathematician best known for her foundational work in coding theory, particularly the development of Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem (BCH) codes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.