Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson is a prolific American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his intricate magic systems, expansive Cosmere universe, and completion of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brandon Sanderson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Brandon Sanderson Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Novella, notableWinnerAuthor, Brandon Sanderson]
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Grant Thompson
Grant Thompson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy author best known for his popular series such as *The Night Angel Trilogy* and *Lightbringer*.
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Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is a political figure who ran as a candidate in San Francisco’s 2019 mayoral election.
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Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
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E.
A. R. Martin
A. R. Martin is an editor best known for overseeing the influential British Interplanetary Society study volume on the interstellar spacecraft concept Project Daedalus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brandon Sanderson Target entity description: Brandon Sanderson is a prolific American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his intricate magic systems, expansive Cosmere universe, and completion of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series.
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A.
Grant Thompson
Grant Thompson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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B.
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy author best known for his popular series such as *The Night Angel Trilogy* and *Lightbringer*.
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C.
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is a political figure who ran as a candidate in San Francisco’s 2019 mayoral election.
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D.
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan is the American dynamiter and Spanish Civil War volunteer who serves as the idealistic yet introspective protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
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E.
A. R. Martin
A. R. Martin is an editor best known for overseeing the influential British Interplanetary Society study volume on the interstellar spacecraft concept Project Daedalus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy author
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human ⓘ science fiction author ⓘ |
| almaMater | Brigham Young University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hugo Award for Best Novella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedSeries | The Wheel of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedWorkOf | Robert Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdUniverse | Cosmere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1975-12-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Brigham Young University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Brigham Young University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epic fantasy
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| fullName | Brandon Winn Sanderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Brandon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.brandonsanderson.com/ ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
J. R. R. Tolkien
NERFINISHED
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Robert Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
completing The Wheel of Time series
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intricate magic systems ⓘ the Cosmere shared universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
NERFINISHED
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Cytonic NERFINISHED ⓘ Defiant NERFINISHED ⓘ Elantris NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistborn series NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistborn: The Final Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Oathbringer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhythm of War NERFINISHED ⓘ Secret Project novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadows of Self NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyward NERFINISHED ⓘ Starsight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Alloy of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bands of Mourning NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cosmere universe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hero of Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lost Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rithmatist NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stormlight Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Well of Ascension NERFINISHED ⓘ Tress of the Emerald Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Warbreaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Words of Radiance NERFINISHED ⓘ Yumi and the Nightmare Painter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
creative writing teacher
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novelist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Memory of Light
NERFINISHED
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The Gathering Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Towers of Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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