Mark Epstein
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Mark Epstein is an American psychiatrist and author known for integrating Buddhist meditation and psychology in his writings on mental health and spirituality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mark Epstein canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6464349 — 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: Mark Epstein Context triple: [Epstein, isCategoryOf, Mark Epstein]
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A.
Steven Epstein
Steven Epstein is a renowned American classical music producer known for his Grammy-winning work on numerous acclaimed recordings.
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B.
Steven Baigelman
Steven Baigelman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on biographical and crime dramas in film and television.
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C.
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern is an American actor and director best known for his comedic roles in films like "City Slickers" and the "Home Alone" series, as well as for narrating the television show "The Wonder Years."
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D.
Ben Epstein
Ben Epstein is an ambitious young New Yorker and aspiring fashion entrepreneur who serves as one of the central protagonists in the HBO series "How to Make It in America."
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E.
Jim Breuer
Jim Breuer is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and his role in the cult stoner comedy film "Half Baked."
- 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: Mark Epstein Target entity description: Mark Epstein is an American psychiatrist and author known for integrating Buddhist meditation and psychology in his writings on mental health and spirituality.
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A.
Steven Epstein
Steven Epstein is a renowned American classical music producer known for his Grammy-winning work on numerous acclaimed recordings.
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B.
Steven Baigelman
Steven Baigelman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on biographical and crime dramas in film and television.
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C.
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern is an American actor and director best known for his comedic roles in films like "City Slickers" and the "Home Alone" series, as well as for narrating the television show "The Wonder Years."
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D.
Ben Epstein
Ben Epstein is an ambitious young New Yorker and aspiring fashion entrepreneur who serves as one of the central protagonists in the HBO series "How to Make It in America."
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E.
Jim Breuer
Jim Breuer is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and his role in the cult stoner comedy film "Half Baked."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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person ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ |
| author |
Mark Epstein
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Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Medical School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist psychology
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psychiatry ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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psychology literature ⓘ spirituality literature ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Going on Being NERFINISHED ⓘ Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ Open to Desire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trauma of Everyday Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Zen of Therapy NERFINISHED ⓘ Thoughts Without a Thinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Vipassana meditation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integrating Buddhist meditation with Western psychotherapy
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writing on mental health and spirituality ⓘ |
| occupation |
psychiatrist
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psychotherapist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| primaryTopicOf | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Epstein_(author) ⓘ |
| religiousOrPhilosophicalView | influenced by Buddhism ⓘ |
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: Mark Epstein Description of subject: Mark Epstein is an American psychiatrist and author known for integrating Buddhist meditation and psychology in his writings on mental health and spirituality.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.