C. K. Williams
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C. K. Williams was an American poet renowned for his long-lined, morally probing verse and major awards including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
All labels observed (1)
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| C. K. Williams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13712340 — 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: C. K. Williams Context triple: [Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, hasRecipient, C. K. Williams]
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A.
Frank Bidart
Frank Bidart is an acclaimed American poet known for his psychologically intense, formally inventive work that has earned him major literary honors, including the National Book Award for Poetry.
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B.
Edward Dorn
Edward Dorn was an American poet and writer associated with the Black Mountain poets, known for his incisive, often satirical explorations of the American West and its politics.
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C.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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D.
A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons was an influential 20th-century American poet known for his meditative, nature-focused verse and innovative long-form poems.
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E.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
- 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: C. K. Williams Target entity description: C. K. Williams was an American poet renowned for his long-lined, morally probing verse and major awards including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
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A.
Frank Bidart
Frank Bidart is an acclaimed American poet known for his psychologically intense, formally inventive work that has earned him major literary honors, including the National Book Award for Poetry.
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B.
Edward Dorn
Edward Dorn was an American poet and writer associated with the Black Mountain poets, known for his incisive, often satirical explorations of the American West and its politics.
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C.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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D.
A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons was an influential 20th-century American poet known for his meditative, nature-focused verse and innovative long-form poems.
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E.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.