Scott Alexander
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Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11983962 — 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: Scott Alexander Context triple: [Scott Alexander, name, Scott Alexander]
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A.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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B.
Peter Dvorsky
Peter Dvorsky was a Canadian actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in genre works like David Cronenberg’s "Videodrome."
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C.
Jason Hart
Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
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D.
Andrew Largeman
Andrew Largeman is the introspective, emotionally numb young man who returns to his New Jersey hometown and confronts his past and relationships in the film "Garden State."
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E.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
- 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: Scott Alexander Target entity description: Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
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A.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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B.
Peter Dvorsky
Peter Dvorsky was a Canadian actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in genre works like David Cronenberg’s "Videodrome."
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C.
Jason Hart
Jason Hart is a former American professional basketball player who later became a college coach.
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D.
Andrew Largeman
Andrew Largeman is the introspective, emotionally numb young man who returns to his New Jersey hometown and confronts his past and relationships in the film "Garden State."
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E.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson is an American economist and futurist known for his work on prediction markets, social science, and thought-provoking analyses of topics like the Fermi paradox and future technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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