Freebase: Discussion about Nobel Prizes

Electron: Particle type?

2009-12-17T18:30:39.0013Z

If weight weren't attached to the composition, it would be modeled as we have it. The variant weights per composition makes it rather harder; I can't think of another solution yet, but I'll keep thinking about it. (We could also just go with what we have, and add composition later.)

Electron: Particle type?

2009-12-17T14:23:08.0005Z

Small bump here to keep this moving.

I've added a boolean "Self antiparticle" to the particle type and filled it in appropriately. It's not a perfect solution, but at least it lets us get the data into the graph. Still wondering what to do about the composition of π⁰.

Robert Andrews Millikan: Academic, Physicist, Nobel Laureate...which ONE?

2009-12-12T01:30:24.0000Z

humm...first question: What's the correct term for this..."most notable type"?

Is there no way to override this?

Better question: It would be interesting to write a query to display all Nobel laureates most notable types to assess this routine to say nothing of the exercise.

any pointers on where/how to start?

Robert Andrews Millikan: Academic, Physicist, Nobel Laureate...which ONE?

2009-12-12T01:18:42.0033Z

It's based on an algorithm which tries to guess the most notable type. I agree it's not always ideal.

Robert Andrews Millikan: Academic, Physicist, Nobel Laureate...which ONE?

2009-12-12T00:56:39.0025Z

Dr. Millikan was indeed an Academic, Physicist, Nobel Laureate...which ONE?

I am talking about what shows up (or drops down) from the search box when I type in ``Robert Andrews Millikan.''

I guarantee you that the Nobel was the first thing mentioned in his obituary, why is it that he comes up as an ``Academic''?

Is this set someplace or is this an automatic function of Freebase?

Robert S. Mulliken: Whoa...Dr. Mulliken's Education appears to be very seriously WRONG.

2009-12-11T07:29:51.0013Z

Ok, ok, I'm eating my words now. My tail is firmly between my legs.

Learn from my mistake. Double, triple, check the NAME--be sure to include the middle name or initial. Check the name AGAIN.

I confused Dr. Robert A. Millikan with Robert S. Mulliken; let me say that with yet more clarity: I confused Dr. Robert Andrews Millikan with Dr. Robert Sanderson Mulliken.

oops. --Dan Eldridge

Robert S. Mulliken: Whoa...Dr. Mulliken's Education appears to be very seriously WRONG.

2009-12-11T07:14:28.0018Z

I am beginning a review of Nobel laureates by university affiliation--and I'm using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_laureates_by_university_affiliation.

This is the first, the VERY FIRST record I am reviewing (yes, yes, it's also the only record I have reviewed) and the ERRORS ARE ALARMING.

FB lists Dr. Mulliken's education as: Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Chicago Harvard University

while the Wikipedia no NO RECORD OF MIT, U. CHICAGO, nor HARVARD whatsoever; the wikipedia lists his degrees as being issued by Oberlin College (in 1891) and his doctorate in physics from Columbia University (in 1895); NOTE: He was the very first person to earn a Ph.D. from that department @ Columbia University.