Lisa Genova
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Lisa Genova is an American neuroscientist-turned-novelist best known for her emotionally resonant fiction about neurological disorders, including the novel "Still Alice."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lisa Genova canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12869396 — 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: Lisa Genova Context triple: [Still Alice, basedOnWorkBy, Lisa Genova]
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A.
Susannah Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan is an American journalist and author best known for her memoir "Brain on Fire," which chronicles her harrowing experience with a rare autoimmune encephalitis that caused severe psychiatric and neurological symptoms.
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Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage is an American historian and Yale professor known for her scholarship on 20th-century U.S. political history and her acclaimed biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
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C.
Kathryn Grody
Kathryn Grody is an American actress and writer known for her work in theater, film, and television, as well as for her long-standing marriage and creative partnership with actor Mandy Patinkin.
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D.
Susanne Blakeslee
Susanne Blakeslee is an American voice actress best known for portraying iconic Disney villains such as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine, as well as Wanda and other characters on The Fairly OddParents.
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E.
Kate Barry
Kate Barry was a British-French photographer known for her intimate portraits of artists and celebrities, and as the daughter of Jane Birkin and composer John Barry.
- 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: Lisa Genova Target entity description: Lisa Genova is an American neuroscientist-turned-novelist best known for her emotionally resonant fiction about neurological disorders, including the novel "Still Alice."
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A.
Susannah Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan is an American journalist and author best known for her memoir "Brain on Fire," which chronicles her harrowing experience with a rare autoimmune encephalitis that caused severe psychiatric and neurological symptoms.
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B.
Beverly Gage
Beverly Gage is an American historian and Yale professor known for her scholarship on 20th-century U.S. political history and her acclaimed biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
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C.
Kathryn Grody
Kathryn Grody is an American actress and writer known for her work in theater, film, and television, as well as for her long-standing marriage and creative partnership with actor Mandy Patinkin.
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D.
Susanne Blakeslee
Susanne Blakeslee is an American voice actress best known for portraying iconic Disney villains such as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine, as well as Wanda and other characters on The Fairly OddParents.
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E.
Kate Barry
Kate Barry was a British-French photographer known for her intimate portraits of artists and celebrities, and as the daughter of Jane Birkin and composer John Barry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American writer
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neuroscientist ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in neuroscience
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bachelor’s degree in biopsychology ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Still Alice (2014 film)
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linked to:
Still Alice
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| author | Lisa Genova ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bexley Seabury Book of the Year (for Still Alice)
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Books for a Better Life Award ⓘ |
| basedOn | Still Alice ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
Bates College
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linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts General Hospital ⓘ |
| familyName |
Genova
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linked to:
Genoa
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| fieldOfWork |
literary fiction
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neurodegenerative diseases ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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fiction ⓘ medical fiction ⓘ medical fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Lisa ⓘ |
| hasGivenTalk | TED Talk on how memory works and why we forget ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portrayal of Alzheimer’s disease in Still Alice
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public communication of neuroscience ⓘ writing novels about characters with neurological disorders ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Alzheimer’s disease
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linked to:
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer’s disease ⓘ
linked to:
Alzheimer's disease
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| name | Lisa Genova ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableIdea | using fiction to humanize neurological conditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Every Note Played
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Inside the O’Briens ⓘ Left Neglected ⓘ Love Anthony ⓘ Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting ⓘ Still Alice ⓘ |
| occupation |
neuroscientist
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novelist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Waltham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Waltham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| residence |
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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linked to:
Cape Cod
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| website | https://www.lisagenova.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lisa Genova Description of subject: Lisa Genova is an American neuroscientist-turned-novelist best known for her emotionally resonant fiction about neurological disorders, including the novel "Still Alice."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.