Clark Ashton Smith
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Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clark Ashton Smith canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316241 — 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: Clark Ashton Smith Context triple: [Cthulhu Mythos, expandedByAuthor, Clark Ashton Smith]
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A.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
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B.
August Derleth
August Derleth was an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for championing H. P. Lovecraft’s work and developing the shared universe of weird fiction that became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.
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C.
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
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D.
James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
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E.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: Clark Ashton Smith Target entity description: Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
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A.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and cosmic horror fiction whose creation of the Cthulhu Mythos and emphasis on existential dread profoundly shaped modern horror literature.
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B.
August Derleth
August Derleth was an American writer, editor, and publisher best known for championing H. P. Lovecraft’s work and developing the shared universe of weird fiction that became known as the Cthulhu Mythos.
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C.
Winfield Scott Lovecraft
Winfield Scott Lovecraft was the traveling salesman father of American weird fiction author H. P. Lovecraft, whose mental illness and early death significantly impacted his son's life.
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D.
James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell was an American author best known for his ironic and fantastical novels set in the mythical province of Poictesme, particularly the once-controversial book "Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice."
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E.
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton was an influential American science fiction author, particularly known for his space opera tales and prolific pulp magazine contributions in the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| artForm |
poetry
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prose ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cthulhu Mythos
NERFINISHED
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Weird Tales magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-01-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961-08-14 ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fullName | Clark Ashton Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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horror fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ science fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
fantasy writers
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weird fiction authors ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edgar Allan Poe
NERFINISHED
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H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Dunsany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | weird fiction tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with H. P. Lovecraft
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contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ membership in the Lovecraft Circle ⓘ weird fiction set in invented worlds ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Averoigne cycle
NERFINISHED
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Hyperborea cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Poseidonis stories NERFINISHED ⓘ The City of the Singing Flame NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dark Eidolon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Double Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Empire of the Necromancers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seven Geases NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zothique cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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painter ⓘ poet ⓘ sculptor ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Long Valley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pacific Grove, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Auburn, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Clark Ashton Smith Description of subject: Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Weird Tales