The Value of Saving a Life
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The Value of Saving a Life is Richard H. Thaler’s doctoral dissertation, in which he analyzes how people and markets assign monetary value to reducing risks of death, laying groundwork for his later contributions to behavioral economics.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12184478 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Value of Saving a Life Context triple: [Richard H. Thaler, doctoralThesisTitle, The Value of Saving a Life]
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Weighing Lives
Weighing Lives is a philosophical work by John Broome that examines how to ethically compare and aggregate the value of different people’s lives in population ethics and decision theory.
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Save the Life of My Child
"Save the Life of My Child" is a dark, socially conscious song by Simon & Garfunkel that explores urban despair and a threatened suicide, notable for its experimental production and use of sound effects.
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Valor da Vida
Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
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Keep a Child Alive
Keep a Child Alive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving treatment, care, and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, primarily in Africa and India.
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E.
The Life You Can Save
The Life You Can Save is a book by philosopher Peter Singer that argues for effective altruism, urging people in affluent countries to give more of their resources to highly effective charities fighting global poverty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Value of Saving a Life Target entity description: The Value of Saving a Life is Richard H. Thaler’s doctoral dissertation, in which he analyzes how people and markets assign monetary value to reducing risks of death, laying groundwork for his later contributions to behavioral economics.
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A.
Weighing Lives
Weighing Lives is a philosophical work by John Broome that examines how to ethically compare and aggregate the value of different people’s lives in population ethics and decision theory.
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B.
Save the Life of My Child
"Save the Life of My Child" is a dark, socially conscious song by Simon & Garfunkel that explores urban despair and a threatened suicide, notable for its experimental production and use of sound effects.
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C.
Valor da Vida
Valor da Vida is a Portuguese telenovela known for its dramatic storyline involving mystery, family secrets, and personal redemption.
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D.
Keep a Child Alive
Keep a Child Alive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing life-saving treatment, care, and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, primarily in Africa and India.
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E.
The Life You Can Save
The Life You Can Save is a book by philosopher Peter Singer that argues for effective altruism, urging people in affluent countries to give more of their resources to highly effective charities fighting global poverty.
- F. None of above. chosen
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