Alan Alda
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actor
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film actor
film director
human
science communicator
screenwriter
stage actor
television actor
voice actor
Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Alda canonical | 31 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T988695 — 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: Alan Alda Context triple: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, Alan Alda]
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Brian Cox
Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and the TV series "Succession."
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B.
Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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C.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
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D.
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
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E.
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
- 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: Alan Alda Target entity description: Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
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A.
Brian Cox
Brian Cox is a Scottish actor known for his powerful performances in film, television, and theater, including roles in movies like "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and the TV series "Succession."
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B.
Michael O'Laughlen
Michael O'Laughlen was an American Confederate sympathizer and associate of John Wilkes Booth who was implicated as a co-conspirator in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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C.
Ronald N. Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman is an American actor best known for his distinctive deep voice and leading roles in works such as the "Hellboy" films and the television series "Beauty and the Beast."
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D.
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
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E.
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
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: Alan Alda Description of subject: Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scientific American Frontiers
subject surface form:
Scientific American Frontiers
subject surface form:
Scientific American Frontiers
subject surface form:
Arlene Alda
subject surface form:
Arlene Alda