Michael Hastings
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Michael Hastings was an American journalist and author best known for his hard-hitting political and war reporting, including the Rolling Stone article and subsequent book that inspired the film "War Machine."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Hastings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12683418 — 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: Michael Hastings Context triple: [War Machine, basedOnAuthor, Michael Hastings]
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A.
Michael Hastings
Michael Hastings was a British playwright and screenwriter known for his stage and television works, including adaptations of notable literary and historical subjects.
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B.
Chris Stevens
Chris Stevens is a songwriter best known for co-writing the R&B ballad "You & I (Nobody in the World)."
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C.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author known for his reporting on U.S. foreign policy, private military contractors, and national security issues.
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D.
Charles Jarrott
Charles Jarrott was a British film and television director best known for his lavish historical dramas of the late 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
James D. Foley
James D. Foley is a computer scientist best known for his pioneering work and influential textbooks in the field of computer graphics.
- 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: Michael Hastings Target entity description: Michael Hastings was an American journalist and author best known for his hard-hitting political and war reporting, including the Rolling Stone article and subsequent book that inspired the film "War Machine."
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A.
Michael Hastings
Michael Hastings was a British playwright and screenwriter known for his stage and television works, including adaptations of notable literary and historical subjects.
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B.
Chris Stevens
Chris Stevens is a songwriter best known for co-writing the R&B ballad "You & I (Nobody in the World)."
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C.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author known for his reporting on U.S. foreign policy, private military contractors, and national security issues.
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D.
Charles Jarrott
Charles Jarrott was a British film and television director best known for his lavish historical dramas of the late 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
James D. Foley
James D. Foley is a computer scientist best known for his pioneering work and influential textbooks in the field of computer graphics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.