Ollie Johnston
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Ollie Johnston was a legendary Disney animator and one of the studio’s famed "Nine Old Men," renowned for his influential work on classic animated films and his writings on animation.
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| Ollie Johnston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16975388 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ollie Johnston Context triple: [Frank Thomas, coAuthorWith, Ollie Johnston]
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A.
Clyde Geronimi
Clyde Geronimi was an Italian-American animator and film director best known for his work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated features and shorts during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman was a prominent German-American animator, director, and producer at Walt Disney Studios, best known as one of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” and for directing several classic animated feature films.
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C.
Ward Kimball
Ward Kimball was a legendary Disney animator, director, and member of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men,” known for his eccentric style and influential work on classic animated films and theme park projects.
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D.
Oliver Johnston
Oliver Johnston was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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E.
Milt Kahl
Milt Kahl was a renowned Disney animator and one of the studio’s legendary "Nine Old Men," celebrated for his influential character animation and draftsmanship in many classic 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: Ollie Johnston Target entity description: Ollie Johnston was a legendary Disney animator and one of the studio’s famed "Nine Old Men," renowned for his influential work on classic animated films and his writings on animation.
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A.
Clyde Geronimi
Clyde Geronimi was an Italian-American animator and film director best known for his work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated features and shorts during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Wolfgang Reitherman
Wolfgang Reitherman was a prominent German-American animator, director, and producer at Walt Disney Studios, best known as one of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” and for directing several classic animated feature films.
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C.
Ward Kimball
Ward Kimball was a legendary Disney animator, director, and member of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men,” known for his eccentric style and influential work on classic animated films and theme park projects.
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D.
Oliver Johnston
Oliver Johnston was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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E.
Milt Kahl
Milt Kahl was a renowned Disney animator and one of the studio’s legendary "Nine Old Men," celebrated for his influential character animation and draftsmanship in many classic films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.