Alison L. Coil
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Alison L. Coil is an astrophysicist known for her work on observational cosmology and large-scale structure, including contributions to high-redshift supernova research.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alison L. Coil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11583747 — 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: Alison L. Coil Context triple: [High-z Supernova Search Team, keyPerson, Alison L. Coil]
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A.
Anita L. Allen
Anita L. Allen is an American legal scholar and philosopher renowned for her pioneering work on privacy law, ethics, and civil rights.
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B.
Elizabeth J. Feinler
Elizabeth J. Feinler is an American information scientist best known for leading early internet directory and naming services, including managing the first WHOIS and domain name registries.
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C.
Amy E. Duddleston
Amy E. Duddleston is an American film editor known for her work on major studio features and acclaimed television series.
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D.
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Elizabeth R. DeSombre is a scholar of global environmental politics and ocean governance, known for her work on international cooperation and the management of shared natural resources.
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E.
Alyson C. Johnson
Alyson C. Johnson is a film editor best known for her work on the 2013 thriller "The Call."
- 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: Alison L. Coil Target entity description: Alison L. Coil is an astrophysicist known for her work on observational cosmology and large-scale structure, including contributions to high-redshift supernova research.
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A.
Anita L. Allen
Anita L. Allen is an American legal scholar and philosopher renowned for her pioneering work on privacy law, ethics, and civil rights.
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B.
Elizabeth J. Feinler
Elizabeth J. Feinler is an American information scientist best known for leading early internet directory and naming services, including managing the first WHOIS and domain name registries.
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C.
Amy E. Duddleston
Amy E. Duddleston is an American film editor known for her work on major studio features and acclaimed television series.
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D.
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Elizabeth R. DeSombre is a scholar of global environmental politics and ocean governance, known for her work on international cooperation and the management of shared natural resources.
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E.
Alyson C. Johnson
Alyson C. Johnson is a film editor best known for her work on the 2013 thriller "The Call."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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astronomer ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, UC San Diego
NERFINISHED
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Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Arizona
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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dark matter distribution ⓘ galaxy clustering ⓘ galaxy evolution ⓘ high-redshift supernovae ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ observational cosmology ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in Physics
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PhD in Astronomy ⓘ |
| hasResearchOutput |
conference presentations in cosmology
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peer-reviewed journal articles in astrophysics ⓘ |
| hasRole |
research scientist
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university faculty member ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to high-redshift supernova cosmology
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measurements of large-scale structure using galaxy redshift surveys ⓘ observational studies of galaxy clustering at intermediate redshift ⓘ |
| occupation |
Professor of Astronomy
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Professor of Physics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cosmic large-scale structure
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cosmological parameters ⓘ environmental effects on galaxies ⓘ galaxy bias ⓘ |
| studies |
cosmic expansion history
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distribution of galaxies in the universe ⓘ relationship between galaxies and dark matter halos ⓘ |
| supervises |
graduate students in astrophysics
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postdoctoral researchers in cosmology ⓘ |
| teaches |
astronomy courses at the university level
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astrophysics courses at the university level ⓘ |
| usesInstrument | large optical telescopes ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
redshift surveys
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statistical analysis of galaxy distributions ⓘ |
| workLocation | La Jolla, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alison L. Coil Description of subject: Alison L. Coil is an astrophysicist known for her work on observational cosmology and large-scale structure, including contributions to high-redshift supernova research.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.