Aaron Altman
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Aaron Altman is a talented but insecure television news reporter and producer in the film "Broadcast News," known for his journalistic integrity and unrequited love for his colleague Jane.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aaron Altman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12782954 — 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: Aaron Altman Context triple: [Broadcast News, character, Aaron Altman]
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A.
Mike Altman
Mike Altman is an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the theme song of the film and television series M*A*S*H, "Suicide Is Painless," when he was a teenager.
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B.
Scott Altman
Scott Altman is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including leading a major servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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C.
Michael Greenburg
Michael Greenburg is an American film and television producer best known for his work on projects such as the series "Stargate SG-1" and for his former marriage to actress Sharon Stone.
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D.
Philip Andelman
Philip Andelman is an American music video and commercial director known for his work with major artists across pop and rock music.
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E.
David Weinberg
David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
- 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: Aaron Altman Target entity description: Aaron Altman is a talented but insecure television news reporter and producer in the film "Broadcast News," known for his journalistic integrity and unrequited love for his colleague Jane.
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A.
Mike Altman
Mike Altman is an American lyricist best known for writing the lyrics to the theme song of the film and television series M*A*S*H, "Suicide Is Painless," when he was a teenager.
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B.
Scott Altman
Scott Altman is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including leading a major servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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C.
Michael Greenburg
Michael Greenburg is an American film and television producer best known for his work on projects such as the series "Stargate SG-1" and for his former marriage to actress Sharon Stone.
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D.
Philip Andelman
Philip Andelman is an American music video and commercial director known for his work with major artists across pop and rock music.
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E.
David Weinberg
David Weinberg is a name shared by multiple notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as science, academia, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Broadcast News ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Tom Grunick ⓘ |
| countryOfWorkOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | James L. Brooks ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
broadcast news
ⓘ
television journalism ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
romantic comedy-drama
ⓘ
satirical drama ⓘ |
| hasUnrequitedLoveFor | Jane Craig ⓘ |
| knownFor | journalistic integrity ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist’s friend
ⓘ
romantic rival ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
Jane Craig
ⓘ
Tom Grunick ⓘ |
| occupation |
news producer
ⓘ
television news reporter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Albert Brooks ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| trait |
insecure
ⓘ
talented ⓘ |
| value | ethical journalism ⓘ |
| workReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| worksWith | Jane Craig ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Aaron Altman Description of subject: Aaron Altman is a talented but insecure television news reporter and producer in the film "Broadcast News," known for his journalistic integrity and unrequited love for his colleague Jane.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.