Stephen J. Dubner
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Stephen J. Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast host best known for co-creating the Freakonomics franchise.
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| Stephen J. Dubner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9303502 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen J. Dubner Context triple: [Steven Levitt, coAuthor, Stephen J. Dubner]
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A.
John Stossel
John Stossel is an American television journalist and commentator known for his libertarian-leaning consumer and investigative reporting.
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David Wessel
David Wessel was an American composer, researcher, and pioneer in computer music and real-time digital sound synthesis, known for his influential work at IRCAM and UC Berkeley’s CNMAT.
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Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
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D.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is an American musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist active in indie rock and jazz-influenced projects.
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E.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist best known for his narrative books on business, economics, and sports, including "Moneyball," "The Big Short," and "Liar's Poker."
- 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: Stephen J. Dubner Target entity description: Stephen J. Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast host best known for co-creating the Freakonomics franchise.
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A.
John Stossel
John Stossel is an American television journalist and commentator known for his libertarian-leaning consumer and investigative reporting.
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B.
David Wessel
David Wessel was an American composer, researcher, and pioneer in computer music and real-time digital sound synthesis, known for his influential work at IRCAM and UC Berkeley’s CNMAT.
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C.
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and bestselling author known for his influential nonfiction books on psychology, sociology, and human behavior, including "The Tipping Point," "Blink," and "Outliers."
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D.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is an American musician best known as a multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist active in indie rock and jazz-influenced projects.
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E.
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist best known for his narrative books on business, economics, and sports, including "Moneyball," "The Big Short," and "Liar's Poker."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ podcast host ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1980s ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Steven D. Levitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf | Freakonomics franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Freakonomics Radio Network producers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-08-26 ⓘ |
| degree | Master of Fine Arts ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Appalachian State University
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
The New York Times
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The New York Times Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Dubner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | writing ⓘ |
| genre |
economics writing
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journalism ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | co-founder of Freakonomics Radio Network ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://freakonomics.com ⓘ |
| hostOf |
Freakonomics Radio
NERFINISHED
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No Stupid Questions NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Me Something I Don’t Know NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Stephen J. Dubner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing economics through Freakonomics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper
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Freakonomics NERFINISHED ⓘ SuperFreakonomics NERFINISHED ⓘ Think Like a Freak NERFINISHED ⓘ Turbulent Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ When to Rob a Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ podcast host ⓘ radio host ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Duanesburg, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionInChildhood | Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ellen Binder Dubner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle | narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
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: Stephen J. Dubner Description of subject: Stephen J. Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast host best known for co-creating the Freakonomics franchise.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.