Jean-Éric Pin
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French mathematician
French theoretical computer scientist
human
mathematician
theoretical computer scientist
Jean-Éric Pin is a French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in automata theory, semigroups, and formal languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Éric | 1 |
| Jean-Éric Pin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11003413 — 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: Jean-Éric Pin Context triple: [Łukasz Kaiser, doctoralAdvisor, Jean-Éric Pin]
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A.
Laurent Brosse
Laurent Brosse is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the suburban Parisian town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
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B.
Éric Pliez
Éric Pliez is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Paris’s 20th arrondissement.
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C.
Laurent Mauvignier
Laurent Mauvignier is a contemporary French novelist known for his psychologically intense, formally innovative works that often explore trauma, memory, and social marginalization.
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D.
Benoît Delhomme
Benoît Delhomme is a French cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on international films such as The Scent of Green Papaya, The Theory of Everything, and Lawless.
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E.
Laurent Barès
Laurent Barès is a French cinematographer known for his work on genre films, particularly in horror and action.
- 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: Jean-Éric Pin Target entity description: Jean-Éric Pin is a French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in automata theory, semigroups, and formal languages.
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A.
Laurent Brosse
Laurent Brosse is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the suburban Parisian town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
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B.
Éric Pliez
Éric Pliez is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Paris’s 20th arrondissement.
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C.
Laurent Mauvignier
Laurent Mauvignier is a contemporary French novelist known for his psychologically intense, formally innovative works that often explore trauma, memory, and social marginalization.
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D.
Benoît Delhomme
Benoît Delhomme is a French cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on international films such as The Scent of Green Papaya, The Theory of Everything, and Lawless.
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E.
Laurent Barès
Laurent Barès is a French cinematographer known for his work on genre films, particularly in horror and action.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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French theoretical computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ theoretical computer scientist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
automata theory research
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semigroup theory research ⓘ theoretical computer science community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot
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linked to:
Université Paris Cité
École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| employer |
CNRS
ⓘ
linked to:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot ⓘ
linked to:
Université Paris Cité
Université Paris Cité ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
automata theory
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formal language theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ semigroup theory ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | doctorate in mathematics ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
algebraic language theory
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algebraic theory of automata ⓘ finite semigroups ⓘ infinite words ⓘ logic in computer science ⓘ recognizable languages ⓘ regular languages ⓘ topological semigroups ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work on automata theory
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work on formal languages ⓘ work on semigroups ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
CNRS
ⓘ
linked to:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
|
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notablePublication |
“Mathematical Foundations of Automata Theory”
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linked to:
Mathematical Foundations of Automata Theory
“Syntactic semigroups” ⓘ
linked to:
Syntactic semigroups
“Varieties of Formal Languages” ⓘ
linked to:
Varieties of Formal Languages
|
| notableWork |
Mathematical Foundations of Automata Theory
ⓘ
Syntactic semigroups ⓘ Varieties of Formal Languages ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | research director at CNRS ⓘ |
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: Jean-Éric Pin Description of subject: Jean-Éric Pin is a French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist known for his influential work in automata theory, semigroups, and formal languages.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lukasz Kaiser
linked to: Jean-Éric Pin