D. M. Thomas
E514969
D. M. Thomas is a British novelist and poet best known for his controversial, psychologically complex works such as the novel "The White Hotel."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| D. M. Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5377438 — 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: D. M. Thomas Context triple: [Lincoln College, Oxford, hasAlumni, D. M. Thomas]
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A.
David Herbert
David Herbert is a renowned American percussionist best known for his role as principal timpanist with major U.S. orchestras.
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B.
Edwin Denison Morgan
Edwin Denison Morgan was a 19th-century American politician, businessman, and Civil War-era governor of New York who also served as a U.S. senator and influential Republican Party leader.
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C.
R. S. Thomas
R. S. Thomas was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest renowned for his austere, spiritually searching verse and vivid depictions of rural Welsh life.
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D.
Adrian Stephen
Adrian Stephen was a British psychoanalyst, writer, and member of the Bloomsbury Group, known also as the younger brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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E.
Richard Llewellyn
Richard Llewellyn was a Welsh novelist best known for his 1939 work "How Green Was My Valley," a classic depiction of life in a South Wales mining community.
- 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: D. M. Thomas Target entity description: D. M. Thomas is a British novelist and poet best known for his controversial, psychologically complex works such as the novel "The White Hotel."
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A.
David Herbert
David Herbert is a renowned American percussionist best known for his role as principal timpanist with major U.S. orchestras.
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B.
Edwin Denison Morgan
Edwin Denison Morgan was a 19th-century American politician, businessman, and Civil War-era governor of New York who also served as a U.S. senator and influential Republican Party leader.
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C.
R. S. Thomas
R. S. Thomas was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest renowned for his austere, spiritually searching verse and vivid depictions of rural Welsh life.
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D.
Adrian Stephen
Adrian Stephen was a British psychoanalyst, writer, and member of the Bloomsbury Group, known also as the younger brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
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E.
Richard Llewellyn
Richard Llewellyn was a Welsh novelist best known for his 1939 work "How Green Was My Valley," a classic depiction of life in a South Wales mining community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthName | Donald Michael Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
England
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-01-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiction
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literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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poetry ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| givenName |
Donald
NERFINISHED
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Michael ⓘ |
| hasTranslated |
Alexander Pushkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anna Akhmatova NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian poetry ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life
NERFINISHED
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Ararat NERFINISHED ⓘ Birthstone ⓘ Sphinx NERFINISHED ⓘ Summoned by Bells (translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flute-Player NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
The White Hotel
NERFINISHED
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psychologically complex narratives ⓘ use of psychoanalytic themes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| name | D. M. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ararat
NERFINISHED
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Birthstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Sphinx NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flute-Player NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Redruth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
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memory ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: D. M. Thomas Description of subject: D. M. Thomas is a British novelist and poet best known for his controversial, psychologically complex works such as the novel "The White Hotel."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.