Mary Gaitskill
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Mary Gaitskill is an American author known for her darkly incisive short stories and novels that explore themes of sexuality, power, and emotional alienation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mary Gaitskill canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18912158 — 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: Mary Gaitskill Context triple: [Secretary (2002 film), basedOnWorkBy, Mary Gaitskill]
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A.
Francine Prose
Francine Prose is an American novelist, essayist, and critic known for her sharp social observations, diverse body of fiction and nonfiction, and her influential book on writing, "Reading Like a Writer."
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B.
Jane Bowles
Jane Bowles was an American writer known for her innovative, psychologically complex fiction and plays, including the novel "Two Serious Ladies."
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C.
Vivian Gornick
Vivian Gornick is an American critic, essayist, and memoirist known for her incisive feminist writing and influential works such as "Fierce Attachments."
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D.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
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E.
Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author known for her darkly comic, psychologically incisive novels and stories such as "Eileen" and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
- 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: Mary Gaitskill Target entity description: Mary Gaitskill is an American author known for her darkly incisive short stories and novels that explore themes of sexuality, power, and emotional alienation.
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A.
Francine Prose
Francine Prose is an American novelist, essayist, and critic known for her sharp social observations, diverse body of fiction and nonfiction, and her influential book on writing, "Reading Like a Writer."
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B.
Jane Bowles
Jane Bowles was an American writer known for her innovative, psychologically complex fiction and plays, including the novel "Two Serious Ladies."
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C.
Vivian Gornick
Vivian Gornick is an American critic, essayist, and memoirist known for her incisive feminist writing and influential works such as "Fierce Attachments."
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D.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
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E.
Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author known for her darkly comic, psychologically incisive novels and stories such as "Eileen" and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.