David Guterson
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David Guterson is an American novelist and short story writer best known for his award-winning novel "Snow Falling on Cedars," which explores themes of memory, prejudice, and justice in the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
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| David Guterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14323933 — 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: David Guterson Context triple: [Snow Falling on Cedars, authorOfSourceWork, David Guterson]
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A.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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B.
Paul Harding
Paul Harding is an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel "Tinkers."
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C.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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D.
Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff is an American author and memoirist renowned for his autobiographical works and short stories exploring memory, identity, and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson was an American writer acclaimed for his haunting, lyrical fiction and poetry, best known for works like "Jesus' Son" and the National Book Award–winning novel "Tree of Smoke."
- 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: David Guterson Target entity description: David Guterson is an American novelist and short story writer best known for his award-winning novel "Snow Falling on Cedars," which explores themes of memory, prejudice, and justice in the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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B.
Paul Harding
Paul Harding is an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel "Tinkers."
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C.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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D.
Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff is an American author and memoirist renowned for his autobiographical works and short stories exploring memory, identity, and moral ambiguity.
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E.
Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson was an American writer acclaimed for his haunting, lyrical fiction and poetry, best known for works like "Jesus' Son" and the National Book Award–winning novel "Tree of Smoke."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.