David Plotz
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David Plotz is an American journalist and author best known for his long tenure at the online magazine Slate and for co-hosting the political podcast "Slate Political Gabfest."
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16798786 — 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: David Plotz Context triple: [Slate, previousEditorInChief, David Plotz]
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A.
Ron Powers
Ron Powers is an American author and journalist known for his works of nonfiction, including co-authoring the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers."
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B.
Brennan Huff
Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
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C.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
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D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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E.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
- 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: David Plotz Target entity description: David Plotz is an American journalist and author best known for his long tenure at the online magazine Slate and for co-hosting the political podcast "Slate Political Gabfest."
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A.
Ron Powers
Ron Powers is an American author and journalist known for his works of nonfiction, including co-authoring the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers."
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B.
Brennan Huff
Brennan Huff is the immature, unemployed man-child portrayed by Will Ferrell in the comedy film "Step Brothers."
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C.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is a video game designer and creative director best known for leading major titles at Ubisoft, including work on the Assassin’s Creed series.
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D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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E.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is the pen name of an American psychiatrist and influential blogger best known for his long-form essays on psychology, rationality, politics, and culture on the blogs Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.