William P. Kennedy
E901343
William P. Kennedy was an American novelist best known for writing the military-themed book that inspired the film "Toy Soldiers."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William P. Kennedy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11050202 — 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: William P. Kennedy Context triple: [Toy Soldiers, authorOfSourceWork, William P. Kennedy]
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A.
William Kennedy
William Kennedy is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Albany Cycle of novels and his work on films such as "The Cotton Club."
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B.
William Finbar Kennedy
William Finbar Kennedy is one of the children of the late environmental and human rights lawyer Mary Richardson Kennedy and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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C.
John M. Keane
John M. Keane is a television and film composer best known for scoring crime drama series such as CSI: Vegas.
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D.
Thomas Francis Kennedy
Thomas Francis Kennedy was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician and reformer closely associated with leading liberal figures of his time.
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E.
James Kennedy
James Kennedy was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and statesman who served as Bishop of St Andrews and played a key role in the political and ecclesiastical life of medieval Scotland.
- 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: William P. Kennedy Target entity description: William P. Kennedy was an American novelist best known for writing the military-themed book that inspired the film "Toy Soldiers."
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A.
William Kennedy
William Kennedy is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American novelist and screenwriter best known for his Albany Cycle of novels and his work on films such as "The Cotton Club."
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B.
William Finbar Kennedy
William Finbar Kennedy is one of the children of the late environmental and human rights lawyer Mary Richardson Kennedy and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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C.
John M. Keane
John M. Keane is a television and film composer best known for scoring crime drama series such as CSI: Vegas.
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D.
Thomas Francis Kennedy
Thomas Francis Kennedy was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician and reformer closely associated with leading liberal figures of his time.
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E.
James Kennedy
James Kennedy was a 15th-century Scottish bishop and statesman who served as Bishop of St Andrews and played a key role in the political and ecclesiastical life of medieval Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novelist
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human ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| author | William P. Kennedy ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Toy Soldiers
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novel by William P. Kennedy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
military fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Toy Soldiers ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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writer ⓘ |
| workAdaptedInto |
Toy Soldiers (1991 film)
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linked to:
Toy Soldiers
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William P. Kennedy Description of subject: William P. Kennedy was an American novelist best known for writing the military-themed book that inspired the film "Toy Soldiers."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William P. Kennedy