Evan Osnos
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Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Evan Osnos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5908467 — 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: Evan Osnos Context triple: [Osnos, notableBearer, Evan Osnos]
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A.
Peter Osnos
Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
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B.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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C.
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
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E.
David Ignatius
David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
- 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: Evan Osnos Target entity description: Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
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A.
Peter Osnos
Peter Osnos is an American journalist, editor, and publisher best known as the founder of the PublicAffairs publishing house and for his influential role in political and current-affairs nonfiction.
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B.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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C.
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author best known for his nonfiction works on modern warfare and crime, including the acclaimed book "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
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E.
David Ignatius
David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award for Nonfiction
NERFINISHED
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredConflict | Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredRegion |
China
NERFINISHED
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Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1976 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American politics
NERFINISHED
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China NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.-China relations ⓘ foreign affairs journalism ⓘ politics journalism ⓘ |
| genre |
long-form journalism
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non-fiction ⓘ political writing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The New Yorker staff ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
reported extensively from Beijing for The New Yorker
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won major U.S. literary and journalism awards ⓘ wrote a biography of Joe Biden ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
NERFINISHED
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Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now NERFINISHED ⓘ Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ staff writer ⓘ |
| parent | Peter Osnos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
correspondent in China
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staff writer at The New Yorker ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarabeth Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
interviews on U.S.-China relations
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public talks on American democracy ⓘ |
| writingStyle | long-form narrative reporting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Evan Osnos Description of subject: Evan Osnos is an American journalist and author known for his in-depth reporting on politics and foreign affairs, particularly U.S.-China relations, as a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.