Ruta Sepetys
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Ruta Sepetys is a bestselling historical fiction author known for her emotionally powerful novels about overlooked tragedies of the 20th century, such as "Between Shades of Gray" and "Salt to the Sea."
All labels observed (1)
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| Ruta Sepetys canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21131739 — 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: Ruta Sepetys Context triple: [Penguin Young Readers, notableAuthorsPublished, Ruta Sepetys]
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A.
Ursula Hegi
Ursula Hegi is a German-American author best known for her novels exploring German history and identity, particularly through works like "Stones from the River."
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B.
Rachel Sheinkin
Rachel Sheinkin is an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the Tony Award–winning book for the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
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C.
Paula McLain
Paula McLain is an American novelist and memoirist best known for her historical fiction, particularly her bestselling novel "The Paris Wife" about Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson.
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D.
Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles is an American poet and novelist best known for her historical fiction, including the novel "News of the World."
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E.
Cynthia Kadohata
Cynthia Kadohata is an American author best known for her acclaimed middle-grade and young adult novels that often explore Japanese American experiences and family relationships.
- 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: Ruta Sepetys Target entity description: Ruta Sepetys is a bestselling historical fiction author known for her emotionally powerful novels about overlooked tragedies of the 20th century, such as "Between Shades of Gray" and "Salt to the Sea."
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A.
Ursula Hegi
Ursula Hegi is a German-American author best known for her novels exploring German history and identity, particularly through works like "Stones from the River."
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B.
Rachel Sheinkin
Rachel Sheinkin is an American playwright and librettist best known for writing the Tony Award–winning book for the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
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C.
Paula McLain
Paula McLain is an American novelist and memoirist best known for her historical fiction, particularly her bestselling novel "The Paris Wife" about Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson.
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D.
Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles is an American poet and novelist best known for her historical fiction, including the novel "News of the World."
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E.
Cynthia Kadohata
Cynthia Kadohata is an American author best known for her acclaimed middle-grade and young adult novels that often explore Japanese American experiences and family relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.