Thomas
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Thomas is the given name of American actor Tommy Kirk, known for his roles in classic Disney films of the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13498936 — 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: Thomas Context triple: [Tommy Kirk, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of American politician Tom Daschle, who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of American actor Tommy Kirk, known for his roles in classic Disney films of the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American actor Morgan Woodward, known for his numerous character roles in film and television.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor and producer Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most famous and highest-grossing movie stars.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Disney Legends (posthumous recognition; if applicable, verify separately)
ⓘ
linked to:
Disney Legends Award
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-12-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-09-28 ⓘ |
| employer | Walt Disney Studios ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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family film ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | roles in classic Disney films of the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Old Yeller
ⓘ
Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ
linked to:
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Hardy Boys (Mickey Mouse Club serial) ⓘ The Misadventures of Merlin Jones ⓘ The Monkey's Uncle ⓘ
linked to:
The Monkey’s Uncle
The Shaggy Dog ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf | Disney live-action film era of the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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linked to:
Louisville, Kentucky
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| placeOfDeath |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| residence |
California, United States of America
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linked to:
California (state)
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
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: Thomas Description of subject: Thomas is the given name of American actor Tommy Kirk, known for his roles in classic Disney films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.