Yusef Komunyakaa
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Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yusef Komunyakaa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569535 — 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: Yusef Komunyakaa Context triple: [Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, notableRecipient, Yusef Komunyakaa]
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A.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
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B.
Mark Strand
Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize–winning Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator known for his spare, meditative verse and for serving as U.S. Poet Laureate.
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C.
James Claude Wright Jr.
James Claude Wright Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the outdoor apparel and equipment company Mountain Hardwear.
- 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: Yusef Komunyakaa Target entity description: Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.
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A.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
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B.
Mark Strand
Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize–winning Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator known for his spare, meditative verse and for serving as U.S. Poet Laureate.
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C.
James Claude Wright Jr.
James Claude Wright Jr. was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of the outdoor apparel and equipment company Mountain Hardwear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vietnam War veteran
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Book Award
NERFINISHED
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Dark Room Collective Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Griffin Poetry Prize (shortlist) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Forcade Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Stevens Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | James William Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Colorado State University
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Colorado Boulder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Indiana University
NERFINISHED
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New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| name | Yusef Komunyakaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dien Cai Dau
NERFINISHED
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Magic City NERFINISHED ⓘ Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleasure Dome: New and Collected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Dirty to the Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ Testimony: A Tribute to Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chameleon Couch NERFINISHED ⓘ Thieves of Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ Warhorses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Yusef Komunyakaa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| style | jazz-influenced poetry ⓘ |
| writingTheme |
Southern Black experience
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ memory ⓘ race ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Yusef Komunyakaa Description of subject: Yusef Komunyakaa is an acclaimed American poet known for his jazz-influenced style and powerful explorations of race, memory, and the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (3)
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