Dan Wells
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Dan Wells is an American horror and science fiction author best known for his "John Cleaver" series and as a longtime co-host of the writing advice podcast "Writing Excuses."
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| Dan Wells canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21492702 — 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: Dan Wells Context triple: [Writing Excuses, hasHost, Dan Wells]
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Damon Quinn
Damon Quinn is a Northern Irish actor, comedian, and producer best known as a member of the comedy troupe Hole in the Wall Gang and for his work on the satirical TV series "Give My Head Peace."
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B.
Austin Grossman
Austin Grossman is an American novelist and video game designer known for his work on narrative-driven games such as System Shock, Deus Ex, and Dishonored.
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C.
Michael Forsyth
Michael Forsyth is a British Conservative politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the 1990s and was later elevated to the House of Lords.
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D.
Stephen Meyers
Stephen Meyers is a savvy, idealistic political campaign press secretary portrayed by Ryan Gosling in the film "The Ides of March."
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E.
Christopher Sweeney
Christopher Sweeney is a music video director known for his work on high-profile pop and alternative artists’ videos, including Lily Allen’s “Hard Out Here.”
- 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: Dan Wells Target entity description: Dan Wells is an American horror and science fiction author best known for his "John Cleaver" series and as a longtime co-host of the writing advice podcast "Writing Excuses."
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A.
Damon Quinn
Damon Quinn is a Northern Irish actor, comedian, and producer best known as a member of the comedy troupe Hole in the Wall Gang and for his work on the satirical TV series "Give My Head Peace."
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B.
Austin Grossman
Austin Grossman is an American novelist and video game designer known for his work on narrative-driven games such as System Shock, Deus Ex, and Dishonored.
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C.
Michael Forsyth
Michael Forsyth is a British Conservative politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the 1990s and was later elevated to the House of Lords.
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D.
Stephen Meyers
Stephen Meyers is a savvy, idealistic political campaign press secretary portrayed by Ryan Gosling in the film "The Ides of March."
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E.
Christopher Sweeney
Christopher Sweeney is a music video director known for his work on high-profile pop and alternative artists’ videos, including Lily Allen’s “Hard Out Here.”
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.