Wikimedia neighborhood · Wikidata observation Observed Graph-projection

James Alan Matisoff

linguist

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q2106273

Release: sha256:f33228901a35b0683356002a46df9ceb11f399d05f17abb5c7c78256cbf38ba7

Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

Development requests are not available on this deployment. The observed entity and its graph links remain readable.

1-hop relations (28)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Grouped by a fixed presentation taxonomy for legibility only. The grouping asserts no rank, truth, support, or standing — every observed edge is carried, none reordered by importance.

Identity & relations (3)

→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
→ given name (P735)JamesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q677191

Dates & events (1)

→ date of birth (P569)14 July 1937Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (14)

→ field of work (P101)translation from ChineseObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q113785254
→ field of work (P101)Tibeto-BurmanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q34064
→ occupation (P106)philologistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q13418253
→ field of work (P101)translation into EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q113784867
→ field of work (P101)translations from TibetanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q113785259
→ occupation (P106)editing staffObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q876864
→ occupation (P106)translatorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q333634
→ field of work (P101)sinologyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q269915
→ field of work (P101)ChineseObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7850
→ occupation (P106)sinologistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q15255771
→ occupation (P106)linguistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q14467526
→ field of work (P101)philologyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q40634
→ occupation (P106)university teacherObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1622272
→ field of work (P101)Sino-TibetanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P101 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q45961

Places (3)

→ country of citizenship (P27)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30
→ place of birth (P19)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30
→ place of birth (P19)BostonObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q100

Organizations & affiliations (3)

→ educated at (P69)University of California, BerkeleyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q168756
→ employer (P108)University of California, BerkeleyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P108 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q168756
→ educated at (P69)Harvard UniversityObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q13371

Other connections (4)

→ Relationship name unavailable (P185)Susan HerringObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P185 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7647949
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ award received (P166)Guggenheim FellowshipObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1316544
← Relationship name unavailable (P184)Susan HerringObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P184 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q7647949

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