David Laughlin
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David Laughlin is a U.S. government interpreter and cartographer who assists in communicating with extraterrestrials in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Laughlin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17818234 — 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: David Laughlin Context triple: [Claude Lacombe, collaboratesWith, David Laughlin]
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A.
Michael Laughlin
Michael Laughlin was an American film producer, screenwriter, and director known for his work on cult and independent films in the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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C.
David Drumlin
David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
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D.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
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E.
Michael Bostick
Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
- 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: David Laughlin Target entity description: David Laughlin is a U.S. government interpreter and cartographer who assists in communicating with extraterrestrials in the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
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A.
Michael Laughlin
Michael Laughlin was an American film producer, screenwriter, and director known for his work on cult and independent films in the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
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C.
David Drumlin
David Drumlin is a high-ranking government science advisor and political figure in the science fiction film "Contact," often serving as a skeptical foil to the protagonist Ellie Arroway.
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D.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
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E.
Michael Bostick
Michael Bostick is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood comedies and family films, including the hit movie "Bruce Almighty."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.