Rick Yancey
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Rick Yancey is an American author best known for his young adult science fiction and fantasy novels, including the acclaimed "The 5th Wave" series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rick Yancey canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19880091 — 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: Rick Yancey Context triple: [The 5th Wave, authorOfSourceMaterial, Rick Yancey]
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A.
Ian Tregillis
Ian Tregillis is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for works such as the Milkweed Triptych and his contributions to the shared-world Wild Cards series.
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B.
Richard Morgan
Richard Morgan is a British science fiction author best known for his cyberpunk novel "Altered Carbon" and for writing the story for the video game Crysis 2.
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C.
Charlie Anders
Charlie Anders is a central character in the Canadian drama series "Northern Rescue," portrayed as a resilient and caring member of the West family’s close-knit community.
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D.
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a British science fiction author and academic known for his inventive novels, critical studies of the genre, and multiple award-winning works.
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E.
John W. Geary
John W. Geary was a 19th-century American politician and military officer who served as the first mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, and governor of Pennsylvania.
- 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: Rick Yancey Target entity description: Rick Yancey is an American author best known for his young adult science fiction and fantasy novels, including the acclaimed "The 5th Wave" series.
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A.
Ian Tregillis
Ian Tregillis is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for works such as the Milkweed Triptych and his contributions to the shared-world Wild Cards series.
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B.
Richard Morgan
Richard Morgan is a British science fiction author best known for his cyberpunk novel "Altered Carbon" and for writing the story for the video game Crysis 2.
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C.
Charlie Anders
Charlie Anders is a central character in the Canadian drama series "Northern Rescue," portrayed as a resilient and caring member of the West family’s close-knit community.
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D.
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is a British science fiction author and academic known for his inventive novels, critical studies of the genre, and multiple award-winning works.
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E.
John W. Geary
John W. Geary was a 19th-century American politician and military officer who served as the first mayor of San Francisco, governor of the Kansas Territory, and governor of Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The 5th Wave (producer credit)?
subject linked to:
The 5th Wave (producer credit)?