Yuval Noah Harari
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Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and bestselling author known for works such as "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," which explore the history and future of humankind.
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| Yuval Noah Harari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592459 — 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: Yuval Noah Harari Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Yuval Noah Harari]
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A.
Haim Harari
Haim Harari is an Israeli theoretical physicist and science educator known for his contributions to particle physics and for serving as president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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B.
Manya Harari
Manya Harari was a British translator and publisher best known for co-translating Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago" into English.
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C.
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his works on Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and the political uses of history.
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D.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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E.
Robert Wright
Robert Wright was an American musical theatre lyricist and composer best known for his long collaboration with George Forrest on adaptations of classical music for Broadway and film.
- 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: Yuval Noah Harari Target entity description: Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and bestselling author known for works such as "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," which explore the history and future of humankind.
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A.
Haim Harari
Haim Harari is an Israeli theoretical physicist and science educator known for his contributions to particle physics and for serving as president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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B.
Manya Harari
Manya Harari was a British translator and publisher best known for co-translating Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago" into English.
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C.
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his works on Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and the political uses of history.
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D.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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E.
Robert Wright
Robert Wright was an American musical theatre lyricist and composer best known for his long collaboration with George Forrest on adaptations of classical music for Broadway and film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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university professor ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Steven J. Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1976-02-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kiryat Ata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | History of Renaissance Military Memoirs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Harari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history
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history of ideas ⓘ macrohistory ⓘ world history ⓘ |
| genre |
history writing
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non-fiction ⓘ popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | Yuval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
agricultural revolution
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cognitive revolution ⓘ dataism ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ |
| knownFor | global bestsellers on human history and future ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
artificial intelligence
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bioengineering ⓘ future of humanity ⓘ history of humankind ⓘ technology and society ⓘ |
| name | Yuval Noah Harari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Israeli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
NERFINISHED
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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historian ⓘ lecturer ⓘ |
| religion | secular ⓘ |
| residence | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Itzik Yahav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ynharari.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yuval Noah Harari Description of subject: Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and bestselling author known for works such as "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," which explore the history and future of humankind.
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