Samuel Newman
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Samuel Newman was a mid-20th-century American screenwriter best known for his work on science fiction and genre films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Newman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20397725 — 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: Samuel Newman Context triple: [The Giant Claw, screenwriter, Samuel Newman]
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A.
Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
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B.
Samuel Marks
Samuel Marks is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly established from the given information.
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C.
Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television music, including a long association with 20th Century Fox.
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D.
Samuel Lester
Samuel Lester is the full given name of Les Snead, the American football executive best known as the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams.
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E.
Benjamin Hurwood
Benjamin Hurwood is a sinister 18th-century English physician-turned-necromancer in Tim Powers’ fantasy novel "On Stranger Tides," obsessed with harnessing dark magic and the power of the Fountain of Youth.
- 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: Samuel Newman Target entity description: Samuel Newman was a mid-20th-century American screenwriter best known for his work on science fiction and genre films.
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A.
Jack Newman
Jack Newman is best known as a former husband of American actress and 1950s sex symbol Mamie Van Doren.
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B.
Samuel Marks
Samuel Marks is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly established from the given information.
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C.
Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television music, including a long association with 20th Century Fox.
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D.
Samuel Lester
Samuel Lester is the full given name of Les Snead, the American football executive best known as the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams.
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E.
Benjamin Hurwood
Benjamin Hurwood is a sinister 18th-century English physician-turned-necromancer in Tim Powers’ fantasy novel "On Stranger Tides," obsessed with harnessing dark magic and the power of the Fountain of Youth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.