Lauran Paine
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Lauran Paine was an American author best known for his prolific output of Western novels, many published under various pseudonyms and adapted for film.
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| Lauran Paine canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lauran Paine Context triple: [Open Range, basedOnAuthor, Lauran Paine]
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Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
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Katherine Pope
Katherine Pope is a television executive and producer known for her leadership roles at major studios and her work overseeing high-profile series.
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Amy Brookheimer
Amy Brookheimer is a fiercely ambitious and hyper-competent political operative who serves as Selina Meyer’s closest aide and strategist in the television series "Veep."
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Erica Sherover
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
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E.
Diane McAfee
Diane McAfee is an American singer and actress best known as the mother of acclaimed musician Fiona Apple.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Lauran Paine Target entity description: Lauran Paine was an American author best known for his prolific output of Western novels, many published under various pseudonyms and adapted for film.
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A.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
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B.
Katherine Pope
Katherine Pope is a television executive and producer known for her leadership roles at major studios and her work overseeing high-profile series.
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C.
Amy Brookheimer
Amy Brookheimer is a fiercely ambitious and hyper-competent political operative who serves as Selina Meyer’s closest aide and strategist in the television series "Veep."
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D.
Erica Sherover
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
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E.
Diane McAfee
Diane McAfee is an American singer and actress best known as the mother of acclaimed musician Fiona Apple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western fiction writer
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author ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-12-01 ⓘ |
| familyName | Paine ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American frontier history
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Western literature ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Lauran ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
hundreds of Western novels
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non-fiction books on crime ⓘ non-fiction books on military history ⓘ non-fiction books on the American West ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
extremely prolific author
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used numerous pseudonyms for publication ⓘ |
| notableFor | prolific output of Western novels ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Open Range
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linked to:
The Open Range Men
The Open Range Men ⓘ |
| occupation |
Western novelist
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novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America
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linked to:
Duluth
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| placeOfDeath |
Fort Jones, California, United States of America
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linked to:
Fort Jones, California
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedPseudonym |
Buck Standish
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Clay Allen ⓘ Frank C. Robertson ⓘ Jim Slaughter ⓘ John Kilgore ⓘ Kenneth Robeson ⓘ L. P. Holmes ⓘ Mark Carrel ⓘ Randall Lawrence ⓘ Ray Hogan ⓘ Richard Dana ⓘ Robert Clarke ⓘ Troy Howard ⓘ |
| workAdaptedFor | film ⓘ |
| workAdaptedInto |
Open Range (2003 film)
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linked to:
Open Range
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