James McBride
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James McBride is an American author, musician, and screenwriter best known for his memoir "The Color of Water" and several acclaimed novels exploring race, identity, and American history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James McBride canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17595241 — 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: James McBride Context triple: [Miracle at St. Anna, basedOnAuthor, James McBride]
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A.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and journalist renowned for his incisive writings on race, history, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Between the World and Me."
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B.
Julius Jordan
Julius Jordan was a German archaeologist known for his early 20th-century excavations of major Mesopotamian sites, particularly in the ancient city of Uruk.
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C.
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is an acclaimed American novelist known for works such as "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," which blend historical fiction with sharp social commentary and have earned him multiple major literary awards.
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D.
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
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E.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
- 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: James McBride Target entity description: James McBride is an American author, musician, and screenwriter best known for his memoir "The Color of Water" and several acclaimed novels exploring race, identity, and American history.
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A.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and journalist renowned for his incisive writings on race, history, and politics, including the acclaimed book "Between the World and Me."
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B.
Julius Jordan
Julius Jordan was a German archaeologist known for his early 20th-century excavations of major Mesopotamian sites, particularly in the ancient city of Uruk.
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C.
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is an acclaimed American novelist known for works such as "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," which blend historical fiction with sharp social commentary and have earned him multiple major literary awards.
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D.
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
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E.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.