Stephen H. Burum
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Stephen H. Burum is an American cinematographer renowned for his stylish, atmospheric work on major films such as "Carlito's Way" and several collaborations with director Brian De Palma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen H. Burum canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355436 — 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: Stephen H. Burum Context triple: [Carlito's Way, cinematographyBy, Stephen H. Burum]
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A.
Glenn S. Dumke
Glenn S. Dumke was an American historian and academic administrator best known for leading and expanding the California State University system during his long tenure as its chancellor.
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B.
Lewis J. Stadlen
Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
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C.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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D.
Charles T. Brumback
Charles T. Brumback was an American media executive best known for serving as a top leader, including CEO, of the Tribune Company, the major newspaper and broadcasting conglomerate.
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E.
John B. Sollenberger
John B. Sollenberger was an influential American ice hockey executive and administrator, best known for his long association with the American Hockey League and his leadership of the Hershey Bears organization.
- 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: Stephen H. Burum Target entity description: Stephen H. Burum is an American cinematographer renowned for his stylish, atmospheric work on major films such as "Carlito's Way" and several collaborations with director Brian De Palma.
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A.
Glenn S. Dumke
Glenn S. Dumke was an American historian and academic administrator best known for leading and expanding the California State University system during his long tenure as its chancellor.
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B.
Lewis J. Stadlen
Lewis J. Stadlen is an American character actor known for his extensive work on Broadway and in film and television, often in comedic or sharply drawn supporting roles.
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C.
Allen M. Davey
Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
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D.
Charles T. Brumback
Charles T. Brumback was an American media executive best known for serving as a top leader, including CEO, of the Tribune Company, the major newspaper and broadcasting conglomerate.
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E.
John B. Sollenberger
John B. Sollenberger was an influential American ice hockey executive and administrator, best known for his long association with the American Hockey League and his leadership of the Hershey Bears organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Burum ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | motion picture cinematography ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Stephen H. Burum ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborations with Brian De Palma
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stylish atmospheric cinematography ⓘ |
| notableWork |
8 Million Ways to Die
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Body Double ⓘ Carlito's Way ⓘ Casualties of War ⓘ Home Alone 3 ⓘ Mission to Mars ⓘ Mission: Impossible ⓘ
linked to:
Mission: Impossible (1996 film)
Rumble Fish ⓘ Snake Eyes ⓘ Something Wicked This Way Comes ⓘ St. Elmo's Fire ⓘ The Bonfire of the Vanities ⓘ
linked to:
The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)
The Dead Zone ⓘ
linked to:
The Dead Zone (1983 film)
The Fury ⓘ The Outsiders ⓘ The Shadow ⓘ The Untouchables ⓘ The War of the Roses ⓘ |
| occupation |
cinematographer
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director of photography ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedWith | Brian De Palma ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Stephen H. Burum Description of subject: Stephen H. Burum is an American cinematographer renowned for his stylish, atmospheric work on major films such as "Carlito's Way" and several collaborations with director Brian De Palma.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.