Marcin Kac
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Marcin Kac was a mathematician known for his influential contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics, including foundational work that helped shape modern random matrix theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marcin Kac canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10991227 — 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: Marcin Kac Context triple: [random matrix theory, developedBy, Marcin Kac]
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A.
Krzysztof Arciszewski
Krzysztof Arciszewski was a 17th-century Polish nobleman, military commander, and engineer who notably served as an admiral and artillery expert in the Dutch colonial forces in Brazil.
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B.
Pawel Maciwoda
Pawel Maciwoda is a Polish bassist best known for playing with the German hard rock band Scorpions.
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C.
Marek Zaleski
Marek Zaleski is a Polish literary critic and essayist known for his work on modern Polish literature and literary theory.
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D.
Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski was a prominent Polish painter associated with Symbolism, known for his allegorical and patriotic works at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Maciej Mielżyński
Maciej Mielżyński was a Polish nobleman and military commander known for his prominent role in 19th-century Polish national uprisings against foreign rule.
- 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: Marcin Kac Target entity description: Marcin Kac was a mathematician known for his influential contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics, including foundational work that helped shape modern random matrix theory.
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A.
Krzysztof Arciszewski
Krzysztof Arciszewski was a 17th-century Polish nobleman, military commander, and engineer who notably served as an admiral and artillery expert in the Dutch colonial forces in Brazil.
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B.
Pawel Maciwoda
Pawel Maciwoda is a Polish bassist best known for playing with the German hard rock band Scorpions.
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C.
Marek Zaleski
Marek Zaleski is a Polish literary critic and essayist known for his work on modern Polish literature and literary theory.
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D.
Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski was a prominent Polish painter associated with Symbolism, known for his allegorical and patriotic works at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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E.
Maciej Mielżyński
Maciej Mielżyński was a Polish nobleman and military commander known for his prominent role in 19th-century Polish national uprisings against foreign rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (6)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | mathematician ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical physics
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probability theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to mathematical physics
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contributions to probability theory ⓘ work related to random matrix theory ⓘ |
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: Marcin Kac Description of subject: Marcin Kac was a mathematician known for his influential contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics, including foundational work that helped shape modern random matrix theory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.