Stephan Talty

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author human journalist

Stephan Talty is an American author and journalist known for his narrative nonfiction and co-authoring the book that inspired the film "Captain Phillips."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Stephan Talty canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749372 — 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: Stephan Talty
Context triple: [Captain Phillips, basedOnAuthor, Stephan Talty]

A. Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
B. Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
C. Chris Stolte
Chris Stolte is a computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former chief development officer of the data visualization company Tableau Software.
D. Joe Gayton
Joe Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
E. Steve Blass
Steve Blass is a former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher best known for his standout role in their 1971 World Series championship and his long tenure as a team broadcaster.
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: Stephan Talty
Target entity description: Stephan Talty is an American author and journalist known for his narrative nonfiction and co-authoring the book that inspired the film "Captain Phillips."

A. Kevin Hageman
Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
B. Dennis Burkley
Dennis Burkley was an American character actor known for his burly appearance and roles in numerous film and television productions from the 1970s through the early 2000s.
C. Chris Stolte
Chris Stolte is a computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and former chief development officer of the data visualization company Tableau Software.
D. Joe Gayton
Joe Gayton is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-creating the Western television drama series "Hell on Wheels."
E. Steve Blass
Steve Blass is a former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher best known for his standout role in their 1971 World Series championship and his long tenure as a team broadcaster.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ
basedOnWorkForFilm	A Captain’s Duty ⓘ
coAuthoredWith	Richard Phillips ⓘ
coAuthorOf	A Captain’s Duty ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	journalism ⓘ nonfiction literature ⓘ
genre	narrative nonfiction ⓘ
hasWrittenFor	magazines ⓘ newspapers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	co-authoring the book that inspired the film Captain Phillips ⓘ
notableWork	A Captain’s Duty ⓘ Agent Garbo ⓘ Empire of Blue Water ⓘ Escape from the Land of Snows ⓘ Mulatto America ⓘ The Black Hand ⓘ linked to: Black Hand The Good Assassin ⓘ The Illustrious Dead ⓘ The Secret Agent ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ journalist ⓘ
workAdaptedAs	Captain Phillips (film) ⓘ linked to: Captain Phillips
writingStyle	narrative nonfiction ⓘ
wroteAbout	American history ⓘ Tibetan history ⓘ World War II espionage ⓘ organized crime ⓘ piracy ⓘ