Lorrie Moore
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Lorrie Moore is an acclaimed American fiction writer best known for her witty, emotionally incisive short stories and novels such as "Birds of America" and "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?".
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| Lorrie Moore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592298 — 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: Lorrie Moore Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Lorrie Moore]
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A.
Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie is an American author renowned for her incisive short stories and novels depicting contemporary life and relationships, often associated with the minimalist literary movement.
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B.
Sue Miller
Sue Miller is the wife of American musician Jeff Tweedy, frontman of the band Wilco.
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C.
Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist and short story writer known for works such as "Fates and Furies," "Matrix," and "Florida."
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D.
Andrea Barrett
Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her historically rich, science-infused fiction, including the National Book Award–winning collection "Ship Fever."
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E.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
- 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: Lorrie Moore Target entity description: Lorrie Moore is an acclaimed American fiction writer best known for her witty, emotionally incisive short stories and novels such as "Birds of America" and "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?".
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A.
Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie is an American author renowned for her incisive short stories and novels depicting contemporary life and relationships, often associated with the minimalist literary movement.
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B.
Sue Miller
Sue Miller is the wife of American musician Jeff Tweedy, frontman of the band Wilco.
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C.
Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist and short story writer known for works such as "Fates and Furies," "Matrix," and "Florida."
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D.
Andrea Barrett
Andrea Barrett is an American novelist and short story writer best known for her historically rich, science-infused fiction, including the National Book Award–winning collection "Ship Fever."
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E.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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fiction writer ⓘ human ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Fine Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Irish Times International Fiction Prize
NERFINISHED
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O. Henry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Rea Award for the Short Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Marie Lorena Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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St. Lawrence University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
NERFINISHED
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Vanderbilt University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTaught | creative writing ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
essays
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literary criticism ⓘ novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lorrie Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Orange Prize for Fiction
NERFINISHED
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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Gate at the Stairs
NERFINISHED
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Anagrams NERFINISHED ⓘ Bark NERFINISHED ⓘ Birds of America NERFINISHED ⓘ I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Like Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Self-Help NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
university professor
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glens Falls, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews in The Paris Review ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
dark humor
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emotionally incisive characterization ⓘ witty prose ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lorrie Moore Description of subject: Lorrie Moore is an acclaimed American fiction writer best known for her witty, emotionally incisive short stories and novels such as "Birds of America" and "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?".
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