Michael D’Orso
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Michael D’Orso is an American author and journalist known for co-writing influential nonfiction books, often chronicling social justice movements and notable public figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael D’Orso canonical | 1 |
| Mike D'Orso | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4620120 — 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 D’Orso Context triple: [Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, coAuthor, Michael D’Orso]
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A.
Greg D'Auria
Greg D'Auria is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
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B.
Michael Filerman
Michael Filerman was an American television producer best known for developing and producing popular prime-time soap operas during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
John Easterling
John Easterling is an American businessman and environmental entrepreneur best known as the husband of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and as the founder of the Amazon Herb Company.
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D.
Greg Maffei
Greg Maffei is an American business executive best known as the longtime president and CEO of Liberty Media, overseeing its diverse portfolio of media, communications, and entertainment assets.
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E.
Michael O’Rourke
Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
- 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 D’Orso Target entity description: Michael D’Orso is an American author and journalist known for co-writing influential nonfiction books, often chronicling social justice movements and notable public figures.
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A.
Greg D'Auria
Greg D'Auria is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science fiction film "Star Trek Beyond."
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B.
Michael Filerman
Michael Filerman was an American television producer best known for developing and producing popular prime-time soap operas during the 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
John Easterling
John Easterling is an American businessman and environmental entrepreneur best known as the husband of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and as the founder of the Amazon Herb Company.
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D.
Greg Maffei
Greg Maffei is an American business executive best known as the longtime president and CEO of Liberty Media, overseeing its diverse portfolio of media, communications, and entertainment assets.
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E.
Michael O’Rourke
Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
journalist
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person ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Robert F. Kennedy Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them NERFINISHED ⓘ Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise and Walk: The Trial and Triumph of Dennis Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWroteWith |
Charles Moore
NERFINISHED
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Dennis Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Danson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Daschle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | College of William & Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The Virginian-Pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasRole |
co-writer of memoirs
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collaborator with public figures ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor | national magazines ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Pulitzer Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood NERFINISHED ⓘ Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them NERFINISHED ⓘ Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galápagos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise and Walk: The Trial and Triumph of Dennis Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ newspaper reporter ⓘ |
| residence | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | book reviews in major U.S. newspapers ⓘ |
| writingFocus |
civil rights movement
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environmental issues ⓘ social justice ⓘ sports ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Michael D’Orso Description of subject: Michael D’Orso is an American author and journalist known for co-writing influential nonfiction books, often chronicling social justice movements and notable public figures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
this entity surface form:
Mike D'Orso