Matthew Desmond
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Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
All labels observed (1)
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| Matthew Desmond canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13076815 — 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: Matthew Desmond Context triple: [Desmond (surname), notableBearer, Matthew Desmond]
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A.
Michael Bonvillain
Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
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B.
Jelani Kilpatrick
Jelani Kilpatrick is known as one of the sons of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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C.
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
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D.
Eric Klinenberg
Eric Klinenberg is an American sociologist and author known for his work on urbanism, social isolation, and contemporary social life.
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E.
Dominique Dibbell
Dominique Dibbell is an American writer, performer, and founding member of the feminist lesbian theater collective The Five Lesbian Brothers.
- 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: Matthew Desmond Target entity description: Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
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A.
Michael Bonvillain
Michael Bonvillain is an American cinematographer known for his work on films and television series, including genre projects like From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.
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B.
Jelani Kilpatrick
Jelani Kilpatrick is known as one of the sons of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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C.
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander is an American civil rights lawyer, legal scholar, and author best known for her influential book "The New Jim Crow," which critiques mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.
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D.
Eric Klinenberg
Eric Klinenberg is an American sociologist and author known for his work on urbanism, social isolation, and contemporary social life.
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E.
Dominique Dibbell
Dominique Dibbell is an American writer, performer, and founding member of the feminist lesbian theater collective The Five Lesbian Brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ book ⓘ book ⓘ human ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | sociology ⓘ |
| author |
Matthew Desmond
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Matthew Desmond ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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| awardReceivedFor | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Arizona State University
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University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnography
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housing ⓘ inequality ⓘ poverty research ⓘ sociology ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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social science ⓘ sociology literature ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
American urban poor
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landlords and housing markets ⓘ public policy and poverty ⓘ structural inequality ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
eviction
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housing ⓘ poverty ⓘ urban inequality ⓘ wildland firefighters ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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| notableFor |
analysis of eviction and its social consequences
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research on poverty and housing in the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
eviction
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housing policy ⓘ poverty ⓘ urban inequality ⓘ |
| researchMethod | ethnography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matthew Desmond Description of subject: Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.