David Mack
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David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Mack canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6953861 — 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: David Mack Context triple: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, David Mack]
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A.
Alan Ford
Alan Ford is a British character actor best known for his tough-guy and gangster roles in films by director Guy Ritchie.
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B.
Nick Meyer
Nick Meyer is a film executive and producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
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C.
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
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D.
Brian MacDevitt
Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
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E.
Charles Gunn
Charles Gunn is a street-smart vampire hunter who becomes a key ally and member of Angel Investigations in the television series "Angel."
- 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: David Mack Target entity description: David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
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A.
Alan Ford
Alan Ford is a British character actor best known for his tough-guy and gangster roles in films by director Guy Ritchie.
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B.
Nick Meyer
Nick Meyer is a film executive and producer known for his work on major studio projects, including the fantasy adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves."
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C.
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow was the son of famed American lawyer Clarence Darrow and a businessman who managed many of his father's financial affairs.
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D.
Brian MacDevitt
Brian MacDevitt is a Tony Award–winning American lighting designer renowned for his work on numerous high-profile Broadway productions.
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E.
Charles Gunn
Charles Gunn is a street-smart vampire hunter who becomes a key ally and member of Angel Investigations in the television series "Angel."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novelist
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person ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| contributedTo | Star Trek television episodes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coWrote |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
NERFINISHED
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Starship Down” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| created | Star Trek: Vanguard (with Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Star Trek tie-in novels
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Star Trek: Cold Equations trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Destiny trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Section 31 novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| wrote |
Star Trek: Cold Equations – Silent Weapons
NERFINISHED
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Star Trek: Cold Equations – The Body Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Cold Equations – The Persistence of Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Fearful Symmetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Soul Key NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Warpath NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Destiny – Gods of Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Destiny – Lost Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Destiny – Mere Mortals NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Mirror Universe – Glass Empires (contributor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Mirror Universe – Obsidian Alliances (contributor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Mirror Universe – Shards and Shadows (contributor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: New Frontier – Stone and Anvil NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: S.C.E. – Breakdowns NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: S.C.E. – Failsafe NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: S.C.E. – Wildfire NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Section 31 – Control NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Section 31 – Disavowed NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Heal NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Collateral Damage NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Declassified (contributor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Harbinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Reap the Whirlwind NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Storming Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ The Calling NERFINISHED ⓘ The Iron Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ The Midnight Front NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shadow Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: David Mack Description of subject: David Mack is an American author best known for his numerous Star Trek tie-in novels and related science fiction works.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.