Wally Lamb
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Wally Lamb is an American novelist best known for his bestselling books such as "She's Come Undone" and "I Know This Much Is True," which have been widely acclaimed and adapted for film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wally Lamb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18731660 — 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: Wally Lamb Context triple: [I Know This Much Is True (TV series), executiveProducer, Wally Lamb]
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A.
Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist known for his bestselling psychological and literary thrillers, several of which have been adapted for film and television.
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B.
Charles Glass
Charles Glass is an American-British journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his reporting from the Middle East and his work as ABC News chief Middle East correspondent.
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C.
Jay Parini
Jay Parini is an American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his biographical novels and works on notable historical and literary figures.
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D.
Patrick DeWitt
Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, genre-bending works such as the award-winning Western novel "The Sisters Brothers."
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E.
Stewart O'Nan
Stewart O'Nan is an American novelist known for his quietly powerful, character-driven fiction that often explores the lives of ordinary people in contemporary America.
- 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: Wally Lamb Target entity description: Wally Lamb is an American novelist best known for his bestselling books such as "She's Come Undone" and "I Know This Much Is True," which have been widely acclaimed and adapted for film and television.
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A.
Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist known for his bestselling psychological and literary thrillers, several of which have been adapted for film and television.
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B.
Charles Glass
Charles Glass is an American-British journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his reporting from the Middle East and his work as ABC News chief Middle East correspondent.
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C.
Jay Parini
Jay Parini is an American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his biographical novels and works on notable historical and literary figures.
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D.
Patrick DeWitt
Patrick DeWitt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter best known for his darkly comic, genre-bending works such as the award-winning Western novel "The Sisters Brothers."
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E.
Stewart O'Nan
Stewart O'Nan is an American novelist known for his quietly powerful, character-driven fiction that often explores the lives of ordinary people in contemporary America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
I Know This Much Is True