Alasdair Gray
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Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alasdair Gray canonical | 31 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2337232 — 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: Alasdair Gray Context triple: [Glasgow School of Art, hasNotableAlumni, Alasdair Gray]
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A.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
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B.
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
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C.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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D.
David Urquhart
David Urquhart was a 19th-century Scottish diplomat, writer, and politician known for his advocacy of Turkish interests and his strong opposition to Russian expansion.
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E.
A. D. Gordon
A. D. Gordon was a pioneering Zionist thinker and activist whose spiritual and practical emphasis on manual agricultural labor profoundly shaped the ideology and ethos of Labor Zionism in early 20th-century Palestine.
- 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: Alasdair Gray Target entity description: Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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A.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
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B.
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
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C.
Campbell McInnes
Campbell McInnes is a film producer best known for his work on the political drama "Chappaquiddick," which explores the 1969 incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy.
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D.
David Urquhart
David Urquhart was a 19th-century Scottish diplomat, writer, and politician known for his advocacy of Turkish interests and his strong opposition to Russian expansion.
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E.
A. D. Gordon
A. D. Gordon was a pioneering Zionist thinker and activist whose spiritual and practical emphasis on manual agricultural labor profoundly shaped the ideology and ethos of Labor Zionism in early 20th-century Palestine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ muralist ⓘ novelist ⓘ painter ⓘ playwright ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guardian Fiction Prize
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Saltire Society Book of the Year Award ⓘ Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from a fall ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-12-29 ⓘ |
| designed |
mural in Glasgow’s Hillhead Subway Station
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mural in Òran Mór, Glasgow ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Glasgow School of Art ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Gray ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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magic realism ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Alasdair ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStyle | integrated text-and-image book design ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political critique
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social justice ⓘ urban Glasgow ⓘ |
| influenced | Scottish contemporary writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Kafka
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William Blake ⓘ |
| knownFor |
novel "Lanark"
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politically charged visual art ⓘ self-illustrated books ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Scottish literary renaissance (late 20th century)
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| name | Alasdair Gray ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1982, Janine
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Lanark: A Life in Four Books ⓘ Old Men In Love ⓘ Poor Things ⓘ Something Leather ⓘ The Fall of Kelvin Walker ⓘ Unlikely Stories, Mostly ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Glasgow, Scotland
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linked to:
Glasgow
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| politicalAlignment | democratic socialism ⓘ |
| residence |
Glasgow, Scotland
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linked to:
Glasgow
|
| supported | Scottish independence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alasdair Gray Description of subject: Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bella Baxter in Poor Things
subject linked to:
novel "Lanark"
subject linked to:
novel "Lanark"