John McPhee
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John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
All labels observed (1)
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| John McPhee canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592299 — 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: John McPhee Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, John McPhee]
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A.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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B.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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C.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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D.
David Ignatius
David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
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E.
David Grann
David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
- 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: John McPhee Target entity description: John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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A.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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B.
J. Anthony Lukas
J. Anthony Lukas was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and author renowned for his deeply reported narrative nonfiction on social and political issues.
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C.
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, author, and screenwriter best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative nonfiction works on topics such as terrorism and Scientology.
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D.
David Ignatius
David Ignatius is an American journalist and novelist known for his espionage thrillers and long-running foreign affairs column in The Washington Post.
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E.
David Grann
David Grann is an American journalist and bestselling author known for his meticulously researched narrative nonfiction works such as "The Lost City of Z" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ nonfiction writer ⓘ pioneer of creative nonfiction ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
NERFINISHED
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George Polk Award NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-03-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
NERFINISHED
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Deerfield Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
Princeton University
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The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McPhee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental writing
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magazine journalism ⓘ nonfiction literature ⓘ science writing ⓘ |
| genre |
creative nonfiction
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literary journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John McPhee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deeply reported narrative nonfiction
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essays in The New Yorker ⓘ long-form reportage ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Sense of Where You Are
NERFINISHED
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Annals of the Former World NERFINISHED ⓘ Coming into the Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Draft No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Giving Good Weight NERFINISHED ⓘ Levels of the Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for a Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ Oranges NERFINISHED ⓘ The Control of Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ The Curve of Binding Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Founding Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pine Barrens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University ⓘ |
| residence | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
detailed reporting
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structurally innovative narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John McPhee Description of subject: John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.