Jimmy Breslin
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Jimmy Breslin was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and columnist known for his gritty, street-level reporting on New York City life and politics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jimmy Breslin canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18008987 — 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: Jimmy Breslin Context triple: [Clay Felker, influenced, Jimmy Breslin]
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A.
Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, and essayist known for his evocative writing about New York City and its working-class culture.
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B.
Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky was an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for his long tenure leading the progressive magazine The Nation and his influential work on politics and the media.
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C.
Eugene Burdick
Eugene Burdick was an American political scientist, novelist, and co-author of influential Cold War-era political thrillers such as "Fail-Safe" and "The Ugly American."
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D.
Murray Kempton
Murray Kempton was an American journalist, columnist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer known for his incisive political commentary and elegant prose.
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E.
Lew Lipton
Lew Lipton was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood silent and early sound films.
- 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: Jimmy Breslin Target entity description: Jimmy Breslin was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and columnist known for his gritty, street-level reporting on New York City life and politics.
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A.
Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, and essayist known for his evocative writing about New York City and its working-class culture.
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B.
Victor Navasky
Victor Navasky was an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for his long tenure leading the progressive magazine The Nation and his influential work on politics and the media.
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C.
Eugene Burdick
Eugene Burdick was an American political scientist, novelist, and co-author of influential Cold War-era political thrillers such as "Fail-Safe" and "The Ugly American."
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D.
Murray Kempton
Murray Kempton was an American journalist, columnist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer known for his incisive political commentary and elegant prose.
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E.
Lew Lipton
Lew Lipton was an American screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood silent and early sound films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.