Slocombe
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Slocombe is an English surname most notably associated with Douglas Slocombe, the acclaimed British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the Indiana Jones series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slocombe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13012156 — 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: Slocombe Context triple: [Douglas Slocombe, familyName, Slocombe]
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A.
Leongatha
Leongatha is a regional town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, known as a service and commercial hub for the surrounding dairy and agricultural district.
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B.
Besselsleigh
Besselsleigh is a small village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, known for its rural setting and historic manor.
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C.
Waroona
Waroona is a small rural town in Western Australia known for its agricultural activities, nearby forests and lakes, and role as a service centre within the Peel region.
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D.
Gordonvale
Gordonvale is a small rural town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known for its sugarcane farming and proximity to Cairns.
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E.
Blayney
Blayney is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural surroundings and role as a service centre in the Central Tablelands region.
- 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: Slocombe Target entity description: Slocombe is an English surname most notably associated with Douglas Slocombe, the acclaimed British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the Indiana Jones series.
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A.
Leongatha
Leongatha is a regional town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, known as a service and commercial hub for the surrounding dairy and agricultural district.
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B.
Besselsleigh
Besselsleigh is a small village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, known for its rural setting and historic manor.
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C.
Waroona
Waroona is a small rural town in Western Australia known for its agricultural activities, nearby forests and lakes, and role as a service centre within the Peel region.
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D.
Gordonvale
Gordonvale is a small rural town in Far North Queensland, Australia, known for its sugarcane farming and proximity to Cairns.
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E.
Blayney
Blayney is a rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural surroundings and role as a service centre in the Central Tablelands region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British cinematographer
ⓘ
English-language surname ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-02-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-02-22 ⓘ |
| employer | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genre | feature film ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative lighting techniques
ⓘ
work on Indiana Jones series ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ Kind Hearts and Coronets NERFINISHED ⓘ Raiders of the Lost Ark NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Gatsby (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lavender Hill Mob NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lion in Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Servant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| workedOn | Indiana Jones film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Slocombe Description of subject: Slocombe is an English surname most notably associated with Douglas Slocombe, the acclaimed British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the Indiana Jones series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.