Larry Collins
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Larry Collins was an American author and journalist best known for his popular historical and political books, many co-written with Dominique Lapierre, including the World War II account "Is Paris Burning?".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Collins canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9759691 — 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: Larry Collins Context triple: [Is Paris Burning?, basedOnAuthor, Larry Collins]
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A.
Christopher Drew
Christopher Drew is a journalist and author known for co-writing works of investigative nonfiction, including a memoir about the discovery of the Titanic.
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B.
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson is an American author and historian best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning books on World War II and U.S. military history.
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C.
Antony Logue
Antony Logue is one of the sons of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, who is best known for helping King George VI overcome his stammer.
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D.
Walter Tuchman
Walter Tuchman is a cryptographer best known for his role in the development of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) at IBM.
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E.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
- 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: Larry Collins Target entity description: Larry Collins was an American author and journalist best known for his popular historical and political books, many co-written with Dominique Lapierre, including the World War II account "Is Paris Burning?".
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A.
Christopher Drew
Christopher Drew is a journalist and author known for co-writing works of investigative nonfiction, including a memoir about the discovery of the Titanic.
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B.
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson is an American author and historian best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning books on World War II and U.S. military history.
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C.
Antony Logue
Antony Logue is one of the sons of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, who is best known for helping King George VI overcome his stammer.
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D.
Walter Tuchman
Walter Tuchman is a cryptographer best known for his role in the development of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) at IBM.
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E.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ |
| basedOnSources |
archival research
ⓘ
interviews with historical participants ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Dominique Lapierre ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredConflict |
Algerian War
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linked to:
Algerian War of Independence
Indo-Pakistani conflicts ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Pakistani wars
|
| coveredRegion |
Middle East
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ |
| employer |
Newsweek
ⓘ
linked to:
Newsweek magazine
|
| genre |
historical non-fiction
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasCollaborativeCareer | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy | tradition of narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mediaAdaptationOfWork |
Is Paris Burning? (film)
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linked to:
Is Paris Burning?
|
| notableCollaboration | historical bestsellers with Dominique Lapierre ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-authoring popular historical and political books ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fall From Grace
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Fortitude ⓘ Freedom at Midnight ⓘ Is Paris Burning? ⓘ Maze ⓘ O Jerusalem! ⓘ Or I'll Dress You in Mourning ⓘ The Fifth Horseman ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| partnerInWriting | Dominique Lapierre ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Newsweek correspondent ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork |
Arab–Israeli conflict
ⓘ
World War II in Europe ⓘ
linked to:
World War II European theater
creation of the state of Israel ⓘ international terrorism ⓘ liberation of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Liberation of Paris
partition and independence of India ⓘ |
| workAdaptedTo | feature film ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
Middle Eastern politics
ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ major 20th-century political events ⓘ wars and revolutions ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
journalistic
ⓘ
narrative history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Larry Collins Description of subject: Larry Collins was an American author and journalist best known for his popular historical and political books, many co-written with Dominique Lapierre, including the World War II account "Is Paris Burning?".
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.