H. W. B. Skinner
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H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| H. W. B. Skinner canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11024706 — 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: H. W. B. Skinner Context triple: [Geoffrey Burbidge, hasAcademicAdvisor, H. W. B. Skinner]
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A.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
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B.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
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Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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E.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
- 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: H. W. B. Skinner Target entity description: H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
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A.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
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B.
Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
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C.
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
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D.
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
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E.
Murray Sidman
Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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person ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | H. W. B. Skinner ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer | University of Bristol ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableFor | mentoring Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bristol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: H. W. B. Skinner Description of subject: H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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H. W. B. Skinner