Ottessa Moshfegh
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Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author known for her darkly comic, psychologically incisive novels and stories such as "Eileen" and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
All labels observed (1)
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| Ottessa Moshfegh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592337 — 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: Ottessa Moshfegh Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Ottessa Moshfegh]
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A.
Lorrie Moore
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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B.
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is an American author best known for her provocative, psychologically incisive novels such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
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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.
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."
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E.
Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
- 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: Ottessa Moshfegh Target entity description: Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author known for her darkly comic, psychologically incisive novels and stories such as "Eileen" and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
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A.
Lorrie Moore
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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B.
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is an American author best known for her provocative, psychologically incisive novels such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
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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.
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."
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E.
Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Man Booker Prize shortlisting
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PEN/Hemingway Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Plimpton Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-05-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
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Brown University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Iranian American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Gustav Moshfegh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
essays
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novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Yasmin Moshfegh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | National Book Critics Circle Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePublicationVenue |
The New Yorker
NERFINISHED
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The Paris Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Death in Her Hands
NERFINISHED
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Eileen NERFINISHED ⓘ Homesick for Another World NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapvona NERFINISHED ⓘ McGlue NERFINISHED ⓘ My Year of Rest and Relaxation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Luke Goebel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
darkly comic
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psychologically incisive ⓘ |
| wrote |
Death in Her Hands
NERFINISHED
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Eileen NERFINISHED ⓘ Homesick for Another World NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapvona NERFINISHED ⓘ McGlue NERFINISHED ⓘ My Year of Rest and Relaxation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Weirdos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ottessa Moshfegh Description of subject: Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author known for her darkly comic, psychologically incisive novels and stories such as "Eileen" and "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.