Edwin O’Connor
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Edwin O’Connor was an American novelist and journalist best known for his political novel "The Last Hurrah," which explores the end of big-city machine politics.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13990783 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin O’Connor Context triple: [The Last Hurrah, authorOfSourceWork, Edwin O’Connor]
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Enoch O'Connor
Enoch O'Connor is a peculiar boy in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" known for his morbid ability to reanimate and control inanimate objects and the dead.
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B.
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor was an American actor and painter best known as the longtime husband of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand.
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Frank O’Connor
Frank O’Connor was a prominent Irish writer and critic best known for his influential short stories and contributions to 20th-century Irish literature.
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D.
George V. Higgins
George V. Higgins was an American crime novelist and lawyer best known for his gritty, dialogue-driven depictions of Boston’s criminal underworld, including the acclaimed novel "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
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E.
Edward Bunker
Edward Bunker was an American ex-convict turned acclaimed crime novelist and screenwriter known for his gritty, realistic portrayals of criminal life.
- 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: Edwin O’Connor Target entity description: Edwin O’Connor was an American novelist and journalist best known for his political novel "The Last Hurrah," which explores the end of big-city machine politics.
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A.
Enoch O'Connor
Enoch O'Connor is a peculiar boy in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" known for his morbid ability to reanimate and control inanimate objects and the dead.
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B.
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor was an American actor and painter best known as the longtime husband of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand.
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C.
Frank O’Connor
Frank O’Connor was a prominent Irish writer and critic best known for his influential short stories and contributions to 20th-century Irish literature.
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D.
George V. Higgins
George V. Higgins was an American crime novelist and lawyer best known for his gritty, dialogue-driven depictions of Boston’s criminal underworld, including the acclaimed novel "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
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E.
Edward Bunker
Edward Bunker was an American ex-convict turned acclaimed crime novelist and screenwriter known for his gritty, realistic portrayals of criminal life.
- F. None of above. chosen
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