British horror writer James Herbert
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James Herbert was a bestselling British horror novelist known for his fast-paced, graphic, and often apocalyptic tales such as "The Rats" and "The Fog."
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| British horror writer James Herbert canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14712094 — 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: British horror writer James Herbert Context triple: [Swept Away, hasAuthorDescription, British horror writer James Herbert]
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A.
James Herbert
James Herbert is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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B.
Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell is a highly acclaimed British horror and dark fantasy author renowned for his influential short stories and novels that have shaped modern supernatural fiction.
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C.
Adam Nevill
Adam Nevill is a British horror novelist known for his atmospheric and unsettling supernatural fiction, including works like "The Ritual."
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D.
Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley is a British horror and dark fantasy author best known for his Necroscope series and for significantly expanding H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos with his own mythos fiction.
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E.
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a British author, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark fantasy and horror works such as the "Books of Blood" and "Hellraiser," which blend visceral imagery with imaginative, otherworldly mythology.
- 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: British horror writer James Herbert Target entity description: James Herbert was a bestselling British horror novelist known for his fast-paced, graphic, and often apocalyptic tales such as "The Rats" and "The Fog."
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A.
James Herbert
James Herbert is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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B.
Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell is a highly acclaimed British horror and dark fantasy author renowned for his influential short stories and novels that have shaped modern supernatural fiction.
-
C.
Adam Nevill
Adam Nevill is a British horror novelist known for his atmospheric and unsettling supernatural fiction, including works like "The Ritual."
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D.
Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley is a British horror and dark fantasy author best known for his Necroscope series and for significantly expanding H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos with his own mythos fiction.
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E.
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a British author, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark fantasy and horror works such as the "Books of Blood" and "Hellraiser," which blend visceral imagery with imaginative, otherworldly mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.