Edward Ward
E194053
Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Ward canonical | 29 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200145 — 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: Edward Ward Context triple: [Boys Town, musicBy, Edward Ward]
-
A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
-
B.
John Clive Ward
John Clive Ward was a British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, including the formulation of the Ward–Takahashi identity.
-
C.
Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
-
D.
Edward Holcroft
Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
-
E.
Thomas Holme
Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
- 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: Edward Ward Target entity description: Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
-
A.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
-
B.
John Clive Ward
John Clive Ward was a British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics, including the formulation of the Ward–Takahashi identity.
-
C.
Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
-
D.
Edward Holcroft
Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
-
E.
Thomas Holme
Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
film composer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| artisticRole | composer of film scores ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeDomain |
cinema
ⓘ
soundtrack composition ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
ⓘ
motion picture scoring ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic | best known for scoring Hollywood films ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ |
| notableWorkPeriod |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film composer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| typeOfArtist | American film music composer ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Edward Ward Description of subject: Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Down Argentine Way (1940 film)
subject linked to:
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
subject linked to:
The Crowd Roars