Alan Clay
E1412428
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Alan Clay is a struggling American salesman in Dave Eggers' novel "A Hologram for the King," sent to Saudi Arabia to pitch a holographic teleconferencing system while confronting personal and economic failure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alan Clay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20127856 — 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: Alan Clay Context triple: [A Hologram for the King, mainCharacter, Alan Clay]
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A.
Patrick Wendell
Patrick Wendell is a co-founder of Databricks and a key contributor to the Apache Spark ecosystem.
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B.
Ian Blume
Ian Blume is a film editor known for his work on the drama feature "Ben Is Back."
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C.
Alan Judd
Alan Judd is a British author and former diplomat known for his acclaimed spy and military novels, including the book that inspired the film "The Exception."
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D.
Don Myrick
Don Myrick was an American saxophonist best known as a key member of Earth, Wind & Fire’s horn section, the Phenix Horns, and for his expressive solos on many of the band’s classic hits.
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E.
Jack Orman
Jack Orman is an American television writer, producer, and director best known for his work on acclaimed drama series such as ER and other network TV shows.
- 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: Alan Clay Target entity description: Alan Clay is a struggling American salesman in Dave Eggers' novel "A Hologram for the King," sent to Saudi Arabia to pitch a holographic teleconferencing system while confronting personal and economic failure.
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A.
Patrick Wendell
Patrick Wendell is a co-founder of Databricks and a key contributor to the Apache Spark ecosystem.
-
B.
Ian Blume
Ian Blume is a film editor known for his work on the drama feature "Ben Is Back."
-
C.
Alan Judd
Alan Judd is a British author and former diplomat known for his acclaimed spy and military novels, including the book that inspired the film "The Exception."
-
D.
Don Myrick
Don Myrick was an American saxophonist best known as a key member of Earth, Wind & Fire’s horn section, the Phenix Horns, and for his expressive solos on many of the band’s classic hits.
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E.
Jack Orman
Jack Orman is an American television writer, producer, and director best known for his work on acclaimed drama series such as ER and other network TV shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.