Richard Bates Jr.
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Richard Bates Jr. is an American filmmaker known for his darkly comedic and psychologically unsettling horror films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Bates Jr. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23388930 — 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: Richard Bates Jr. Context triple: [Trash Fire, director, Richard Bates Jr.]
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A.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
William Holmes
William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
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D.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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E.
William Boone
William Boone is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Boone.
- 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: Richard Bates Jr. Target entity description: Richard Bates Jr. is an American filmmaker known for his darkly comedic and psychologically unsettling horror films.
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A.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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B.
Gary Starkweather
Gary Starkweather was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the laser printer while working at Xerox.
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C.
William Holmes
William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
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D.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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E.
William Boone
William Boone is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Boone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Trash Fire (film)
subject linked to:
Trash Fire (film)