Dayton Ward
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Dayton Ward is an American science fiction author best known for his extensive work writing licensed Star Trek novels and related tie-in fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dayton Ward canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Dayton Ward Context triple: [Star Trek novels, hasContributor, Dayton Ward]
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Oakton
Oakton is a suburban community in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its residential neighborhoods, good schools, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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Garfield Heights
Garfield Heights is a suburban city located southeast of downtown Cleveland in northeastern Ohio.
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Westville
Westville is a suburban town in the greater Durban area of South Africa, known for its residential character, shopping centers, and proximity to major highways and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus.
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Westville
Westville is a residential and arts-oriented neighborhood located in the western part of New Haven, Connecticut.
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Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights is a suburban city located in northeastern Ohio, United States, forming part of the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area.
- 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: Dayton Ward Target entity description: Dayton Ward is an American science fiction author best known for his extensive work writing licensed Star Trek novels and related tie-in fiction.
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A.
Oakton
Oakton is a suburban community in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its residential neighborhoods, good schools, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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B.
Garfield Heights
Garfield Heights is a suburban city located southeast of downtown Cleveland in northeastern Ohio.
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C.
Westville
Westville is a suburban town in the greater Durban area of South Africa, known for its residential character, shopping centers, and proximity to major highways and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus.
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D.
Westville
Westville is a residential and arts-oriented neighborhood located in the western part of New Haven, Connecticut.
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Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights is a suburban city located in northeastern Ohio, United States, forming part of the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (93)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| basedOn | Star Trek franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
David Mack
NERFINISHED
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Kevin Dilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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tie-in fiction ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://daytonward.wordpress.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Marine Corps (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
known for extensive work on licensed Star Trek novels
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winner of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds writing contest ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Counterstrike
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Deadly Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Purgatory’s Key (Star Trek: Legacies, with Kevin Dilmore and David Mack) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek tie-in fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Agents of Influence NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Armageddon’s Arrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Available Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Coda trilogy (contributor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Discovery novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Discovery – Die Standing NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Discovery – Drastic Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Discovery – Somewhere to Belong NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Elusive Salvation NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: From History’s Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Headlong Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Hearts and Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual: A Guide to Starfleet’s Most Feared Martial Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Moments Asunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Pliable Truths NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Seekers novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Seekers – Point of Divergence NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Seekers – Second Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers – various stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (short story contest anthologies contributor) ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Harvest (A Time To miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Sow NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Time to Sow (A Time To miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Agents of Influence (TOS-era but related work) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Armageddon’s Arrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Armageddon’s Arrow (post-Nemesis novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Available Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Available Light (post-Nemesis novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Coda trilogy (Book 1: Moments Asunder) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Coda: Moments Asunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Elusive Salvation (sequel to From History’s Shadow) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – From History’s Shadow (TOS/TNG-era crossover) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Headlong Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Headlong Flight (post-Nemesis novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hearts and Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hearts and Minds (third in that sequence) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Moments Asunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Out of the Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Out of the Black (short fiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Paths of Disharmony NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Paths of Disharmony (Typhon Pact novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Peaceable Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Peaceable Kingdoms (The Fall miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pliable Truths NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pliable Truths (Picard-era novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pliable Truths (Picard-era tie-in) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation – Point of Divergence (Seekers connection) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – Harbinger (with others, Vanguard) NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – Harm’s Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – In the Name of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – That Which Divides NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – The Edge of the Sword NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Original Series – The Last World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard novels NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Open Secrets NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Reap the Whirlwind NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – Summon the Thunder NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vanguard – What Judgments Come NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: Vulcan’s Glory (contribution to franchise lore) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Adventures of Space Marshal Dylan McCade NERFINISHED ⓘ The Genesis Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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science fiction writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| residence | Kansas City metropolitan area (as of 2020s) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twitterAccount | @daytonward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writesForFranchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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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.
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Subject: Dayton Ward Description of subject: Dayton Ward is an American science fiction author best known for his extensive work writing licensed Star Trek novels and related tie-in fiction.
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