Ed Decter
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Ed Decter is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on hit comedies such as "There's Something About Mary" and for co-creating the TV series "Shadowhunters."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ed Decter canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14412874 — 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)
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Target entity: Ed Decter Context triple: [There's Something About Mary, screenwriter, Ed Decter]
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A.
Ben Decter
Ben Decter is a television and film composer known for scoring series such as the action-comedy drama "Lethal Weapon."
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B.
Jack Pierce
Jack Pierce was a legendary Hollywood makeup artist best known for creating the iconic monster makeups for Universal horror films such as Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man.
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C.
Eric Draven
Eric Draven is the vengeful, resurrected rock musician and antihero from the dark fantasy film and comic series "The Crow."
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D.
Max Renn
Max Renn is the morally ambiguous television executive and protagonist of David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi horror film "Videodrome," whose exposure to a mysterious broadcast leads to disturbing hallucinations and a descent into body horror.
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E.
Andy Starke
Andy Starke is a British film producer known for his work on distinctive independent and genre films, including projects with the production company Rook Films.
- 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: Ed Decter Target entity description: Ed Decter is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on hit comedies such as "There's Something About Mary" and for co-creating the TV series "Shadowhunters."
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A.
Ben Decter
Ben Decter is a television and film composer known for scoring series such as the action-comedy drama "Lethal Weapon."
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B.
Jack Pierce
Jack Pierce was a legendary Hollywood makeup artist best known for creating the iconic monster makeups for Universal horror films such as Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man.
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C.
Eric Draven
Eric Draven is the vengeful, resurrected rock musician and antihero from the dark fantasy film and comic series "The Crow."
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D.
Max Renn
Max Renn is the morally ambiguous television executive and protagonist of David Cronenberg’s 1983 sci-fi horror film "Videodrome," whose exposure to a mysterious broadcast leads to disturbing hallucinations and a descent into body horror.
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E.
Andy Starke
Andy Starke is a British film producer known for his work on distinctive independent and genre films, including projects with the production company Rook Films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.